diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 49a9d901e..a15346295 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ under the License.
   <property name="apache.repository" value="scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-ibiblio-rsync-repository"/>
   <property name="snapshots.repository" value="scp://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/"/>
   <property name="jar.name" value="poi"/>
-  <property name="version.id" value="3.5-beta7"/>
+  <property name="version.id" value="3.6-beta1"/>
   <property name="halt.on.test.failure" value="true"/>
 
   <property name="jdk.version.source" value="1.5"