diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2839683..5890b6d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 group=org.apache.kafka
-version=0.8.2.0
+version=0.8.2-beta
 scalaVersion=2.10.1
 task=build
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Xmx1024m