diff --git a/src/ci/run.sh b/src/ci/run.sh
index 457ba97171207..8f0b4b5926489 100755
--- a/src/ci/run.sh
+++ b/src/ci/run.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fi
 #
 # FIXME: need a scheme for changing this `nightly` value to `beta` and `stable`
 #        either automatically or manually.
-export RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL=nightly
+export RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL=beta
 if [ "$DEPLOY$DEPLOY_ALT" = "1" ]; then
   RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --release-channel=$RUST_RELEASE_CHANNEL"
   RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-llvm-static-stdcpp"
diff --git a/src/stage0.txt b/src/stage0.txt
index 1a9e64a1862c9..2711b33b3635f 100644
--- a/src/stage0.txt
+++ b/src/stage0.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 # source tarball for a stable release you'll likely see `1.x.0` for rustc and
 # `0.x.0` for Cargo where they were released on `date`.
 
-date: 2019-08-13
-rustc: beta
-cargo: beta
+date: 2019-09-24
+rustc: 1.38.0
+cargo: 0.39.0
 
 # When making a stable release the process currently looks like:
 #
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ cargo: beta
 # looking at a beta source tarball and it's uncommented we'll shortly comment it
 # out.
 
-#dev: 1
+dev: 1