diff --git a/src/core/terrameVersion.h b/src/core/terrameVersion.h
index 9f9f7fe6..1f1eaf64 100644
--- a/src/core/terrameVersion.h
+++ b/src/core/terrameVersion.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ of this software and its documentation.
 
   \brief
  */
-#define TERRAME_VERSION_STATUS "alpha-3"
+#define TERRAME_VERSION_STATUS "beta-1"
 
 /*!
   \def TERRAME_VERSION_STRING
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ of this software and its documentation.
   \brief This flag is used for versioning the TerraME code. If you have plugins and other tools
          that must check the TerraME version, you can test against this string.
  */
-#define TERRAME_VERSION_STRING "2.0.0-alpha-3"
+#define TERRAME_VERSION_STRING "2.0.0-beta-1"
 
 /*!
   \def TERRAME_VERSION