version 7.7-beta1
diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 9b437dc..212372f 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@
 char *curl_version(void);
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.7-alpha2"
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070000
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.7-beta1"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070700
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
 struct curl_slist {
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 71710ab..442fc5f 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.7-alpha2"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.7-beta1"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "