diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index cdba398dd..e9f19559c 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ defmodule Ejabberd.Mixfile do
 
   def project do
     [app: :ejabberd,
-     version: "16.01.0",
+     version: "16.01.0-beta1",
      description: description,
      elixir: "~> 1.1",
      elixirc_paths: ["lib"],