diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 3618c4f..54fc236 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 #
 
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "3.0a5"
+__version__ = "3.0b1"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 73dbc73..43595af 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.0a5"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.0b1"