diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ea13bfd89..f5bbdfdd3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirsWrapper)
 set(FREERDP_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 set(FREERDP_VERSION_MINOR "1")
 set(FREERDP_VERSION_REVISION "0")
-set(FREERDP_VERSION_SUFFIX "dev")
+set(FREERDP_VERSION_SUFFIX "beta1")
 set(FREERDP_API_VERSION "${FREERDP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${FREERDP_VERSION_MINOR}")
 set(FREERDP_VERSION "${FREERDP_API_VERSION}.${FREERDP_VERSION_REVISION}")
 if (FREERDP_VERSION_SUFFIX)