Bump version number to 3.4.0b1.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e24ece8..4aceeb5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 What's New in Python 3.4.0 Beta 1?
 ==================================
 
-Projected release date: 2013-11-24
+Release date: 2013-11-24
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.4.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.4.spec
index a23cb27..16e009c 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-3.4.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-3.4.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 3.4.0a4
+%define version 3.4.0b1
 %define libvers 3.4
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg