diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py
index 550848092c9..95e8bced68f 100755
--- a/Lib/cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ backwards compatible and debugging classes and functions?
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "2.0a3"
+__version__ = "2.0b1"
 
 
 # Imports