diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3dfb225c22..66a99f3650f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
     <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-    <version>0.20.0.RC1</version>
+    <version>0.21.0.Beta1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>ElasticSearch - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine</description>
     <inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
index f3b85d836f7..81f0b3f8735 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ public class Version implements Serializable {
     public static final int V_0_20_0_RC1_ID = /*00*/200051;
     public static final Version V_0_20_0_RC1 = new Version(V_0_20_0_RC1_ID, false);
 
-    public static final Version CURRENT = V_0_20_0_RC1;
+    public static final int V_0_21_0_Beta1_ID = /*00*/210001;
+    public static final Version V_0_21_0_Beta1 = new Version(V_0_21_0_Beta1_ID, false);
+
+    public static final Version CURRENT = V_0_21_0_Beta1;
 
     public static Version readVersion(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         return fromId(in.readVInt());
@@ -97,6 +100,9 @@ public class Version implements Serializable {
 
     public static Version fromId(int id) {
         switch (id) {
+            case V_0_21_0_Beta1_ID:
+                return V_0_21_0_Beta1;
+
             case V_0_20_0_RC1_ID:
                 return V_0_20_0_RC1;