diff --git a/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h b/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
index 5283590d252..622e6e36cd2 100644
--- a/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
+++ b/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 #define CGAL_VERSION_H
 
 #ifndef SWIG
-#define CGAL_VERSION 5.5-dev
+#define CGAL_VERSION 5.5-beta1
 #define CGAL_GIT_HASH abcdef
 #endif
-#define CGAL_VERSION_NR 1050500900
+#define CGAL_VERSION_NR 1050500910
 #define CGAL_SVN_REVISION 99999
 #define CGAL_RELEASE_DATE 20220531
 
diff --git a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
index 315ff61ca1a..4ca238e403e 100644
--- a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
+++ b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set(CGAL_MAJOR_VERSION 5)
 set(CGAL_MINOR_VERSION 5)
 set(CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION 0)
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CGALConfigBuildVersion.cmake)
-set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION "5.5-dev")
+set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION "5.5-beta1")
 set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_NAME "CGAL-${CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION}")
 
 if (CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION AND CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION GREATER 0)