diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b73fa8bb098..d108ef64a209 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Kibana 6.0.0-alpha3
+# Kibana 6.0.0-beta1
 
 Kibana is your window into the [Elastic Stack](https://www.elastic.co/products). Specifically, it's
 an open source ([Apache Licensed](LICENSE.md)),
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ For the daring, snapshot builds are available. These builds are created nightly
 
 | platform |  |
 | --- | --- |
-| OSX | [tar](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-alpha3-SNAPSHOT-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz) |
-| Linux | [tar](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-alpha3-SNAPSHOT-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) [deb](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-alpha3-SNAPSHOT-amd64.deb) [rpm](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-alpha3-SNAPSHOT-x86_64.rpm) |
-| Windows | [zip](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-alpha3-SNAPSHOT-windows-x86_64.zip) |
+| OSX | [tar](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz) |
+| Linux | [tar](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) [deb](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT-amd64.deb) [rpm](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT-x86_64.rpm) |
+| Windows | [zip](https://snapshots.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.0-beta1-SNAPSHOT-windows-x86_64.zip) |
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c09d30bd78dd..0dabea285c07 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "dashboarding"
   ],
   "private": false,
-  "version": "6.0.0-alpha3",
+  "version": "6.0.0-beta1",
   "branch": "master",
   "build": {
     "number": 8467,