diff --git a/lib/kafka/version.rb b/lib/kafka/version.rb
index 669c85f43..dd0c34ed3 100644
--- a/lib/kafka/version.rb
+++ b/lib/kafka/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Kafka
-  VERSION = "0.5.1.beta1"
+  VERSION = "0.5.1.beta2"
 end