diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
index 7d448fbe47..1cf2ca17c1 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ bool GUI_App::OnInit()
     wxCHECK_MSG(m_imgui->init(), false, "Failed to initialize ImGui");
 #endif // ENABLE_IMGUI
 
-    SetAppName("Slic3rPE-alpha");
+    SetAppName("Slic3rPE-beta");
     SetAppDisplayName("Slic3r Prusa Edition");
 
 //     Slic3r::debugf "wxWidgets version %s, Wx version %s\n", wxVERSION_STRING, wxVERSION;
diff --git a/version.inc b/version.inc
index 0e84a48a2b..18ac508b2a 100644
--- a/version.inc
+++ b/version.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # (the version numbers are generated by the build script from the git current label)
 
 set(SLIC3R_FORK_NAME "Slic3r Prusa Edition")
-set(SLIC3R_VERSION "1.42.0-alpha7")
+set(SLIC3R_VERSION "1.42.0-beta")
 set(SLIC3R_BUILD "${SLIC3R_VERSION}+UNKNOWN")
 set(SLIC3R_BUILD_ID "${SLIC3R_BUILD_ID}")
 set(SLIC3R_RC_VERSION "1,42,0,0")