diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 4916ee1..3581d49 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	0
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	5
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.0a5+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.0b1"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
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"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ab87cf6..0d5379b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 What's new in Python 3.0b1?
 ===========================
 
-*Release date: XX-June-2008*
+*Release date: 18-Jun-2008*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.0.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.0.spec
index f61a83c..c6fd1a6 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-3.0.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-3.0.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 3.0a5
+%define version 3.0b1
 %define libver 3.0
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index b72324f..6981985 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.0 alpha 5
-==================================
+This is Python version 3.0 beta 1
+=================================
 
 For notes specific to this release, see RELNOTES in this directory.
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ----------------
 
 The release plan is to have a series of alpha releases in 2007 and 2008,
-beta releases in 2008, and a final release in August 2008.  The alpha
+beta releases in 2008, and a final release in September 2008.  The alpha
 releases are primarily aimed at developers who want a sneak peek at the
 new langauge, especially those folks who plan to port their code to
 Python 3000.  The hope is that by the time of the final release, many
diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index 763c99d..4d1b71a 100644
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 Please report bugs to http://bugs.python.org/.
 
 
+Version 3.0b1 - Release Date 18-Jun-2008
+----------------------------------------
+
+Please search the bug tracker for critical issues in Python 3.0.
+
+
 Version 3.0a5 - Release Date 08-May-2008
 ----------------------------------------