diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 16ed84528..6a41194b6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.8-rc0 10208000
+1.3.0-beta0 10300000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index d06ed9772..1a6c57b2b 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=1
-project.versioning.minor=2
-project.versioning.patch=8
+project.versioning.minor=3
+project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
-project.versioning.type=rc
+project.versioning.type=beta
 #############################