diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index bf974d1aba..32643701b5 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 import PackageDescription
 
 // Version is technically not required here, SPM doesn't check
-let version = "2.0.0"
+let version = "2.0.0-beta.1"
 // Tag is required to point towards the right asset. SPM requires the tag to follow semantic versioning to be able to resolve it.
-let tag = "2.0.0"
-let checksum = "ef0d0cc46421f8644f455b62537f4e4db2c97bdca5820641219a1836f3782878"
+let tag = "2.0.0-beta.1"
+let checksum = "389a58bc0b333d9d18c8fa2d72aacbf4905d5d59a9858ecd9a5b16ff769bb5c5"
 let url = "https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/releases/download/\(tag)/Sparkle-for-Swift-Package-Manager.zip"
 
 let package = Package(
diff --git a/Sparkle.podspec b/Sparkle.podspec
index 016dfa4dd2..d9c4559f81 100644
--- a/Sparkle.podspec
+++ b/Sparkle.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name        = "Sparkle"
-  s.version     = "2.0.0"
+  s.version     = "2.0.0-beta.1"
   s.summary     = "A software update framework for macOS"
   s.description = "Sparkle is an easy-to-use software update framework for Cocoa developers."
   s.homepage    = "http://sparkle-project.org"