diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 51710e6f26..a685b56cfe 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <property name="test.unit.src" value="${test.dir}/unit"/>
     <property name="test.long.src" value="${test.dir}/long"/>
     <property name="dist.dir" value="${build.dir}/dist"/>
-    <property name="base.version" value="0.7.0-rc1"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="0.7.0-beta3"/>
     <condition property="version" value="${base.version}">
       <isset property="release"/>
     </condition>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c0ab3103cf..20d0bd2cce 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-cassandra (0.7.0~rc1) unstable; urgency=low
+cassandra (0.7.0~beta3) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * New release candidate.
+  * New beta release.
 
- -- Eric Evans <eevans@apache.org>  Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:35:18 -0500
+ -- Eric Evans <eevans@apache.org>  Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:49:55 -0500
 
 cassandra (0.7.0~beta2) unstable; urgency=low