diff --git a/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.33.beta1.mysql.tpl b/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.33.beta1.mysql.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55a35a785427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.33.beta1.mysql.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{* file to handle db changes in 5.33.beta1 during upgrade *}
diff --git a/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql b/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql
index 8eeadd33c6c6..8d013bba4a32 100644
--- a/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql
+++ b/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ UNLOCK TABLES;
 
 LOCK TABLES `civicrm_domain` WRITE;
 /*!40000 ALTER TABLE `civicrm_domain` DISABLE KEYS */;
-INSERT INTO `civicrm_domain` (`id`, `name`, `description`, `version`, `contact_id`, `locales`, `locale_custom_strings`) VALUES (1,'Default Domain Name',NULL,'5.33.alpha1',1,NULL,'a:1:{s:5:\"en_US\";a:0:{}}');
+INSERT INTO `civicrm_domain` (`id`, `name`, `description`, `version`, `contact_id`, `locales`, `locale_custom_strings`) VALUES (1,'Default Domain Name',NULL,'5.33.beta1',1,NULL,'a:1:{s:5:\"en_US\";a:0:{}}');
 /*!40000 ALTER TABLE `civicrm_domain` ENABLE KEYS */;
 UNLOCK TABLES;
 
diff --git a/sql/test_data_second_domain.mysql b/sql/test_data_second_domain.mysql
index c8e46441a40b..5d4d676c866b 100644
--- a/sql/test_data_second_domain.mysql
+++ b/sql/test_data_second_domain.mysql
@@ -963,4 +963,4 @@ INSERT INTO civicrm_navigation
 VALUES
     ( @domainID, CONCAT('civicrm/report/instance/', @instanceID,'&reset=1'), 'Mailing Detail Report', 'Mailing Detail Report', 'administer CiviMail', 'OR', @reportlastID, '1', NULL, @instanceID+2 );
 UPDATE civicrm_report_instance SET navigation_id = LAST_INSERT_ID() WHERE id = @instanceID;
-UPDATE civicrm_domain SET version = '5.33.alpha1';
+UPDATE civicrm_domain SET version = '5.33.beta1';
diff --git a/xml/version.xml b/xml/version.xml
index c60cbeb03d2d..04935f318c25 100644
--- a/xml/version.xml
+++ b/xml/version.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
 <version>
-  <version_no>5.33.alpha1</version_no>
+  <version_no>5.33.beta1</version_no>
 </version>