diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80fc7f1fefb..4827bf445a4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "typescript",
     "author": "Microsoft Corp.",
     "homepage": "https://www.typescriptlang.org/",
-    "version": "3.8.0",
+    "version": "3.8.0-beta",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "description": "TypeScript is a language for application scale JavaScript development",
     "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/compiler/corePublic.ts b/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
index c1c1c97b950..6e946c0ea8e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace ts {
     // If changing the text in this section, be sure to test `configureNightly` too.
     export const versionMajorMinor = "3.8";
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
-    export const version = `${versionMajorMinor}.0-dev`;
+    export const version = `${versionMajorMinor}.0-beta`;
 
     /**
      * Type of objects whose values are all of the same type.