diff --git a/lib/kafka/version.rb b/lib/kafka/version.rb
index e8fc68249..b5baa888a 100644
--- a/lib/kafka/version.rb
+++ b/lib/kafka/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Kafka
-  VERSION = "0.5.1"
+  VERSION = "0.5.2.beta1"
 end