diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d9b7249..c887fb5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # preamble
 project( Lsyncd )
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.10 )
-set( LSYNCD_VERSION 2.2.3 )
+set( LSYNCD_VERSION 2.3.0-beta1 )
 set( CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/" )
 
 
diff --git a/lsyncd.lua b/lsyncd.lua
index 5949f05..c433774 100644
--- a/lsyncd.lua
+++ b/lsyncd.lua
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ then
 	lsyncd.terminate( -1 )
 end
 
-lsyncd_version = '2.2.3'
+lsyncd_version = '2.3.0-beta1'
 
 
 --