diff --git a/version.mk b/version.mk
index 15f6ae43ea0a8adf54bfaffcba51878a936e138a..519ff141d967d7320b66eddd07db12b3b44d34e0 100644
--- a/version.mk
+++ b/version.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # static version string; update manually every release.
-PACKAGE_VERSION = "v1.1-alpha-115-gc367a0f"
+PACKAGE_VERSION = "1.1-beta"