diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
index 359f0a4bcd9..88a32aa5032 100644
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/version.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Discourse
       MAJOR = 2
       MINOR = 8
       TINY  = 0
-      PRE   = 'beta2'
+      PRE   = 'beta3'
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
     end