diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 88729b218a..49e4c81e55 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 13
 MICRO = 0
-RELEV = "dev"  # <16
-SERIAL = 0  # <16
+RELEV = "beta"  # <16
+SERIAL = 1  # <16
 
 date = __date__