diff --git a/pyopencl/version.py b/pyopencl/version.py
index 5abc8d8af0686b44410279fda6687f4fb017ed26..08821452c0c4713e1955b8afc9aa392cba2f6e0f 100644
--- a/pyopencl/version.py
+++ b/pyopencl/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION = (0, 91)
-VERSION_STATUS = "alpha"
+VERSION_STATUS = "beta"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS