From a48cf0cb0dde8d066cd750cc1e5f4de8c564db58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Davis <mrd@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 18:44:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] New release 2.5.0b1

---
 VERSION                | 2 +-
 lib/ansible/release.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 51fb6027b30..6eea6f71c7a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-2.5.0devel
+2.5.0b1
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 08c11d8a9dd..60b343dbd76 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.5.0devel'
+__version__ = '2.5.0b1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'