diff --git a/lib/gepub/version.rb b/lib/gepub/version.rb
index 4da1746..58a2282 100644
--- a/lib/gepub/version.rb
+++ b/lib/gepub/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module GEPUB
   # GEPUB gem version 
-  VERSION = "0.7.1"
+	VERSION = "1.0.0beta1"
 end