diff --git a/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.27.beta1.mysql.tpl b/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.27.beta1.mysql.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..975881c87d2c949cfe52a3a08c2b202d35963db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/sql/5.27.beta1.mysql.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{* file to handle db changes in 5.27.beta1 during upgrade *}
diff --git a/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql b/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql
index 76071002bfaa55f34f47ed9a410fd4a15f5dc555..5cb46688da25a595294d75a586f038c4fc5aa493 100644
--- a/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql
+++ b/sql/civicrm_generated.mysql
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ UNLOCK TABLES;
 
 LOCK TABLES `civicrm_domain` WRITE;
 /*!40000 ALTER TABLE `civicrm_domain` DISABLE KEYS */;
-INSERT INTO `civicrm_domain` (`id`, `name`, `description`, `version`, `contact_id`, `locales`, `locale_custom_strings`) VALUES (1,'Default Domain Name',NULL,'5.27.alpha1',1,NULL,'a:1:{s:5:\"en_US\";a:0:{}}');
+INSERT INTO `civicrm_domain` (`id`, `name`, `description`, `version`, `contact_id`, `locales`, `locale_custom_strings`) VALUES (1,'Default Domain Name',NULL,'5.27.beta1',1,NULL,'a:1:{s:5:\"en_US\";a:0:{}}');
 /*!40000 ALTER TABLE `civicrm_domain` ENABLE KEYS */;
 UNLOCK TABLES;
 
diff --git a/xml/version.xml b/xml/version.xml
index d569f1b07a6beb8924dfac06c6b9a1ec8572ed9b..9add4f3b90a57efb3e338e4942fd61112c6d530e 100644
--- a/xml/version.xml
+++ b/xml/version.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
 <version>
-  <version_no>5.27.alpha1</version_no>
+  <version_no>5.27.beta1</version_no>
 </version>