diff --git a/cmake/macros.cmake b/cmake/macros.cmake
index f64654c6b..112e8dd37 100644
--- a/cmake/macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ macro(set_maxscale_version)
   set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR "3")
   set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH "0")
   set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_NUMERIC "${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH}")
-  set(MAXSCALE_VERSION "${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH}")
+  set(MAXSCALE_VERSION "beta-${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
   # This should be incremented each time a package is rebuilt
   set(MAXSCALE_BUILD_NUMBER 1)