diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7e91508ce219763f92606c549bda8eaed1728f36..8331994644660cf769f804ee482e9f068958a32d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 News
 ====
 
-Version 2.2.0
--------------
+Version 2.2.0 beta 0
+--------------------
+
+*(Released Thu, 17 Jun 2010)*
 
 - Added tool (``move-instance``) and infrastructure to move instances
   between separate clusters (see :doc:`separate documentation
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e75ed210f8b228cf124aecf3afb767b1868c61c2..a0cecfd95d280054eae11dd7c650da1fd50f6970 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Configure script for Ganeti
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
-m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [1])
-m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [3])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [])
+m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [2])
+m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~beta0])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,