diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d350f1bbba0..0da922fbb09 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
+?? ??? 2011, PHP 5.4.0 Beta
+
 4 Aug 2011, PHP 5.4.0 Alpha 3
 - Added features:
  . Short array syntax, see UPGRADING guide for full details (rsky0711 at gmail 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dc3349e03b7..f138d1e85b9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int zend_sprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...);
 PHP_MAJOR_VERSION=5
 PHP_MINOR_VERSION=4
 PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=0
-PHP_EXTRA_VERSION="alpha3"
+PHP_EXTRA_VERSION="beta1-dev"
 PHP_VERSION="$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.$PHP_MINOR_VERSION.$PHP_RELEASE_VERSION$PHP_EXTRA_VERSION"
 PHP_VERSION_ID=`expr [$]PHP_MAJOR_VERSION \* 10000 + [$]PHP_MINOR_VERSION \* 100 + [$]PHP_RELEASE_VERSION`
 
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index ca0cd123da8..fcb7e1abef2 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 4
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 0
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "alpha3"
-#define PHP_VERSION "5.4.0alpha3"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "beta1-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION "5.4.0beta1-dev"
 #define PHP_VERSION_ID 50400