diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index efdeaa540..80b38a654 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ under the License.
 
     <description>The Apache POI project Ant build.</description>
 
-    <property name="version.id" value="3.15-beta1"/>
+    <property name="version.id" value="3.15-beta2"/>
 
     <property environment="env"/>
     <!-- the repository to download jars from -->