diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
index d9e06cb19fc..0685eec7471 100644
--- a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-CGAL-4.9-alpha2
+CGAL-4.9-beta1