2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/markdown.py b/markdown.py
index f0bc0e8..40cfc61 100755
--- a/markdown.py
+++ b/markdown.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ License: [GPL 2](http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html) or BSD
 """
 
 version = "2.0-alpha"
-version_info = (2,0,0, "alpha")
+version_info = (2,0,0, "beta")
 
 import re, sys, codecs, htmlentitydefs
 from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 424b7dd..290e2e0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from distutils.core import setup
 
 setup(
     name = 'Markdown',
-    version = '2.0-alpha',
+    version = '2.0-beta',
     description = "Python implementation of Markdown.",
     author = "Manfred Stienstra and Yuri takhteyev",
     author_email = "yuri [at] freewisdom.org",