diff --git a/lib/mongoid/version.rb b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
index ffdba14de6..8d00c00536 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 module Mongoid
-  VERSION = "6.0.0"
+  VERSION = "6.0.0.beta"
 end