diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 60e5984b..ae29f39b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-5.0a1 (2019-04-27)
+5.0b1 (2019-04-30)
 ------------------
 
 - Deprecate Python 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5 support.
diff --git a/axes/__init__.py b/axes/__init__.py
index faadf830..5ebc8aaf 100644
--- a/axes/__init__.py
+++ b/axes/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '5.0a1'
+__version__ = '5.0b1'
 
 default_app_config = 'axes.apps.AppConfig'