diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py
index ca964274e..c9a34c78a 100644
--- a/config/__init__.py
+++ b/config/__init__.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 # <https://semver.org/#semantic-versioning-specification-semver>
 # Major.Minor.Patch(-prerelease)(+buildmetadata)
 # NB: Do *not* import this, use the functions appversion() and appversion_nobuild()
-_static_appversion = '5.10.0-alpha0'
+_static_appversion = '5.10.0-beta1'
 
 _cached_version: semantic_version.Version | None = None
 copyright = '© 2015-2019 Jonathan Harris, 2020-2023 EDCD'