diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
index 3db124b6042..37c0262a370 100644
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/version.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ module Discourse
   unless defined? ::Discourse::VERSION
     module VERSION #:nodoc:
       MAJOR = 2
-      MINOR = 6
+      MINOR = 7
       TINY  = 0
-      PRE   = 'beta6'
+      PRE   = 'beta1'
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
     end