pre-release machinations
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index e04e052..6552574 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 5
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 2
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 3
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.5b2"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.5b3"
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
#define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION "$Revision$"