diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 870a599bb16..ab06b05c3f0 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 8.9.beta6, Release Date: 2019-08-10
+SageMath version 8.9.beta7, Release Date: 2019-08-18
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 091950617c5..f4d27970a8e 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=9df261a63e00d805d9eb528ea8868738c09cafac
-md5=7d31471a61d2c278eb3987079c9a3043
-cksum=1939161166
+sha1=e1f5fb67f8895c261043e4203c654772c15011e9
+md5=cb0bcc975697113d75adad861af22570
+cksum=593852789
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index bbffceb0c67..f0430394787 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9799825628339d5c35b689d05439ab074c246522
+8c985712aebdb887c2e66308af1d29907a6fc242
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 44f80cca151..40921cbdbfa 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for shell scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='8.9.beta6'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2019-08-10'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 8.9.beta6, Release Date: 2019-08-10'
+SAGE_VERSION='8.9.beta7'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2019-08-18'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 8.9.beta7, Release Date: 2019-08-18'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index edec3915abe..71eddccef1d 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '8.9.beta6'
-date = '2019-08-10'
-banner = 'SageMath version 8.9.beta6, Release Date: 2019-08-10'
+version = '8.9.beta7'
+date = '2019-08-18'
+banner = 'SageMath version 8.9.beta7, Release Date: 2019-08-18'