diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 4aec58f3393228484c27d3b2b013b7553b80a16c..6ecca552f51689cc56503917e905b773cd484518 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // $Id$
 
-Drupal 7.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+Drupal 7.0 beta 1, 2010-10-06
 ----------------------
 - Database:
     * Fully rewritten database layer utilizing PHP 5's PDO abstraction layer.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index b4c550b3eb4b35a3e8b87cdd2571fa50074eb2f2..e0d6888acc09c6e9fc7a4a824c38f98bfce6c519 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.0-dev');
+define('VERSION', '7.0-beta1');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.