diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 33463d71..9b8ce8c8 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
building via build.ps1 or build.sh. It is defined here to allow Visual Studio to build with
the solution with the correct version number.
-->
- 2.4.0
+ 2.4.0-beta
diff --git a/build/version.json b/build/version.json
index 4fb12d71..2d444968 100644
--- a/build/version.json
+++ b/build/version.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
"Major": 2,
"Minor": 4,
"Patch": 0,
- "PreRelease": "alpha"
+ "PreRelease": "beta"
}