Preparing for 2.5b1.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 4f58762..e5bac22 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 2
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 5
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.5a2"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.5b1"
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
#define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION "$Revision$"