diff --git a/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.3.beta1.mysql.tpl b/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.3.beta1.mysql.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fad808ceef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.3.beta1.mysql.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{* file to handle db changes in 5.3.beta1 during upgrade *}
diff --git a/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql b/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql
index a527b02b133..ebcc4c601c0 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`, `config_backend`, `version`, `contact_id`, `locales`, `locale_custom_strings`) VALUES (1,'Default Domain Name',NULL,NULL,'5.3.alpha1',1,NULL,'a:1:{s:5:\"en_US\";a:0:{}}');
+INSERT INTO `civicrm_domain` (`id`, `name`, `description`, `config_backend`, `version`, `contact_id`, `locales`, `locale_custom_strings`) VALUES (1,'Default Domain Name',NULL,NULL,'5.3.beta1',1,NULL,'a:1:{s:5:\"en_US\";a:0:{}}');
 /*!40000 ALTER TABLE `civicrm_domain` ENABLE KEYS */;
 UNLOCK TABLES;
 
diff --git a/xml/version.xml b/xml/version.xml
index d94e7068ed2..4593296607b 100644
--- a/xml/version.xml
+++ b/xml/version.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
 <version>
-  <version_no>5.3.alpha1</version_no>
+  <version_no>5.3.beta1</version_no>
 </version>