diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dbc9c36..1afa17d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for libmowgli-2 2.0.0-alpha1.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68 for libmowgli-2 2.0.0-beta1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <http://jira.atheme.org/>.
 #
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='libmowgli-2'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='libmowgli-2'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='2.0.0-alpha1'
-PACKAGE_STRING='libmowgli-2 2.0.0-alpha1'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='2.0.0-beta1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='libmowgli-2 2.0.0-beta1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='http://jira.atheme.org/'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures libmowgli-2 2.0.0-alpha1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures libmowgli-2 2.0.0-beta1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of libmowgli-2 2.0.0-alpha1:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of libmowgli-2 2.0.0-beta1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-libmowgli-2 configure 2.0.0-alpha1
+libmowgli-2 configure 2.0.0-beta1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68
 
 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by libmowgli-2 $as_me 2.0.0-alpha1, which was
+It was created by libmowgli-2 $as_me 2.0.0-beta1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -5260,7 +5260,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by libmowgli-2 $as_me 2.0.0-alpha1, which was
+This file was extended by libmowgli-2 $as_me 2.0.0-beta1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -5322,7 +5322,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-libmowgli-2 config.status 2.0.0-alpha1
+libmowgli-2 config.status 2.0.0-beta1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c50c217..c20760a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([libmowgli-2], [2.0.0-alpha1], [http://jira.atheme.org/])
+AC_INIT([libmowgli-2], [2.0.0-beta1], [http://jira.atheme.org/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/libmowgli/platform/autoconf.h])