diff --git a/README b/README
index d9c7daffb4bbf7c923dbc77807ce6d956f69b97e..9a561f8d366443413b362af8ad01361af0e63968 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ BIND 9
 
 
 
-BIND 9.2.0a3
+BIND 9.2.0b1
 
-	BIND 9.2.0a3 is an alpha release of BIND 9.2.0.
+	BIND 9.2.0b1 is the first beta release of BIND 9.2.0.
 	It includes a number of new features over 9.1, including:
 
 	  - The size of the cache can now be limited using the
diff --git a/version b/version
index e58320bbec77aae11709095a9769020dd34735d8..1db4af8f0022eae987f0cab14188cc72a52037e2 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: version,v 1.23 2001/07/12 17:40:17 gson Exp $
+# $Id: version,v 1.24 2001/07/17 19:21:43 gson Exp $
 #
 # This file must follow /bin/sh rules.  It is imported directly via
 # configure.
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 MAJORVER=9
 MINORVER=2
 PATCHVER=0
-RELEASETYPE=a
-RELEASEVER=3
+RELEASETYPE=b
+RELEASEVER=1