diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 4e1eea0fe..235c97203 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <link rel="icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
-    <title>phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-dev - Documentation</title>
+    <title>phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-beta1 - Documentation</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docs.css" />
 </head>
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <li><a href="#glossary">Glossary</a></li>
 </ul>
 
-<h1>phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-dev Documentation</h1>
+<h1>phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-beta1 Documentation</h1>
 
 <ul><li><a href="http://www.phpmyadmin.net/">
             phpMyAdmin homepage</a></li>
diff --git a/README b/README
index 688e3fdb9..c9fbb9366 100755
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ phpMyAdmin - Readme
 
   A set of PHP-scripts to manage MySQL over the web.
 
-  Version 2.9.0-dev
-  -----------------
+  Version 2.9.0-beta1
+  -------------------
   http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
 
     Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller.com>
diff --git a/libraries/Config.class.php b/libraries/Config.class.php
index 3c342ce6a..3972b0d98 100644
--- a/libraries/Config.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Config.class.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class PMA_Config
      */
     function checkSystem()
     {
-        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '2.9.0-dev');
+        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '2.9.0-beta1');
         /**
          * @deprecated
          */
diff --git a/translators.html b/translators.html
index d960eab53..6233996ec 100644
--- a/translators.html
+++ b/translators.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <link rel="icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
-    <title>phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-dev - Official translators</title>
+    <title>phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-beta1 - Official translators</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docs.css" />
 </head>
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <li><a href="Documentation.html#glossary">Glossary</a></li>
 </ul>
 
-<h1>phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-dev official translators list</h1>
+<h1>phpMyAdmin 2.9.0-beta1 official translators list</h1>
 
 <p> Here is the list of the &quot;official translators&quot; of
     phpMyAdmin.</p>