diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 09bdadc4a6499739e768abac0e007ca64d9ea019..6ad93bd0a3cafc04b22a7ac4da8c0dc204769f12 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('libadwaita', 'c',
-          version: '1.6.alpha',
+          version: '1.6.beta',
           license: 'LGPL-2.1-or-later',
     meson_version: '>= 0.59.0',
   default_options: [ 'warning_level=1', 'buildtype=debugoptimized', 'c_std=gnu11' ],