diff --git a/GF.cabal b/GF.cabal
index 1e3ec1265..14af3bdec 100644
--- a/GF.cabal
+++ b/GF.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: gf
-version: 3.0-beta
+version: 3.0-beta2
 cabal-version: >= 1.2
 build-type: Simple
 license: GPL
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 46934694c..07e2a5e07 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ today:
 	echo 'import Data.Version' >> Paths_gf.hs
 	echo '{-# NOINLINE version #-}' >> Paths_gf.hs
 	echo 'version :: Version' >> Paths_gf.hs
-	echo 'version = Version {versionBranch = [3,0], versionTags = ["beta"]}' >> Paths_gf.hs
+	echo 'version = Version {versionBranch = [3,0], versionTags = ["beta2"]}' >> Paths_gf.hs
 	echo 'getDataDir = return "$(GF_DATA_DIR)" :: IO FilePath' >> Paths_gf.hs