diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index b88a949a2a87bb6ca3d41a802d77da58e467e722..940d919d2ba1722fa09c65f962872981004af82f 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 void f_version(INT32 args)
 {
   pop_n_elems(args);
-  push_text("Pike v0.5a12");
+  push_text("Pike v0.5b1");
 }