diff --git a/lib/cgi.rb b/lib/cgi.rb
index 7af85e7fc8..4f15a10cec 100644
--- a/lib/cgi.rb
+++ b/lib/cgi.rb
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 #
 
 class CGI
-  VERSION = "0.4.1"
+  VERSION = "0.4.2.beta1"
 end
 
 require 'cgi/core'