diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 883db323f..802ae68b9 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-SNAPSHOT"/>
+    <property name="version.id" value="3.7-beta2"/>
 
     <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 9bf39c78e..16ca0807f 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
     </developers>
 
     <changes>
-        <release version="3.7-SNAPSHOT" date="2010-??-??">
+        <release version="3.7-beta2" date="2010-??-??">
+        </release>
+        <release version="3.7-beta1" date="2010-06-16">
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">48574 - further XWPF support for tables, paragraphs, including enhanced support for adding new ones</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">48245 - tweak HWPF table cell detection to work across more files</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">48996 - initial support for External Name References in HSSF formula evaluation</action>