diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e7ad15767..898a8a28e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ under the License.
 
     <description>The Apache POI project Ant build.</description>
 
-    <property name="version.id" value="3.7-beta2"/>
+    <property name="version.id" value="3.7-beta3"/>
 
     <property environment="env"/>
     <!-- the repository to download jars from -->
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index e1883e98d..b58b3f41f 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
     </developers>
 
     <changes>
+<!--
         <release version="3.7-beta2" date="2010-??-??">
+        </release>
+-->
+        <release version="3.7-beta2" date="2010-08-09">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">47990 - Support for .msg attachments within a MAPIMessage .msg</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Improve handling and warnings when closing OPCPackage objects</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">49702 - Correct XSSFWorkbook.getNumCellStyles to check the right styles list</action>