diff --git a/pyopencl/version.py b/pyopencl/version.py
index 10b754e6a9f8beaa5bce356db66d5f6e522ffa14..7bb8d7b05be3d83e9182cfa5d72569c482b16633 100644
--- a/pyopencl/version.py
+++ b/pyopencl/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION = (2011, 1)
-VERSION_STATUS = "beta"
+VERSION_STATUS = "beta2"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS