diff --git a/pyopencl/version.py b/pyopencl/version.py
index 7bb8d7b05be3d83e9182cfa5d72569c482b16633..2808481581e06f133828a1ec8d7ad286a1b527ed 100644
--- a/pyopencl/version.py
+++ b/pyopencl/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION = (2011, 1)
-VERSION_STATUS = "beta2"
+VERSION_STATUS = "beta3"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS