diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/VERSION b/sflphone-client-gnome/VERSION
index 85b7c695b805b3d4efe1214d858c5dbe7c18ef2c..06fa200552505d51e9a42251eb6ed4432c78ce90 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/VERSION
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.6
+0.9.7~beta
diff --git a/sflphone-common/VERSION b/sflphone-common/VERSION
index 85b7c695b805b3d4efe1214d858c5dbe7c18ef2c..06fa200552505d51e9a42251eb6ed4432c78ce90 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/VERSION
+++ b/sflphone-common/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.6
+0.9.7~beta
diff --git a/sflphone-common/configure.ac b/sflphone-common/configure.ac
index 4bcdbcf8a0ac894e2e5430df87bc32a65f4cf529..2d98685bfafad38d1155a70094accaca500796bc 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/configure.ac
+++ b/sflphone-common/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl SFLPhone - configure.ac for automake 1.9 and autoconf 2.59
 dnl
 	dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 	AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-	AC_INIT([SFLphone],[0.9.6~rc1],[sflphoneteam@savoirfairelinux.com],[sflphone])
+	AC_INIT([SFLphone],[0.9.7~beta],[sflphoneteam@savoirfairelinux.com],[sflphone])
 	AC_COPYRIGHT([[Copyright (c) Savoir-Faire Linux 2004-2009]])
 AC_REVISION([$Revision$])