diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 317a600ef..a031251f1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for qbittorrent v4.5.0alpha.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for qbittorrent v4.5.0beta1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bugs.qbittorrent.org>.
 #
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='qbittorrent'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='qbittorrent'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='v4.5.0alpha'
-PACKAGE_STRING='qbittorrent v4.5.0alpha'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='v4.5.0beta1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='qbittorrent v4.5.0beta1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bugs.qbittorrent.org'
 PACKAGE_URL='https://www.qbittorrent.org/'
 
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures qbittorrent v4.5.0alpha to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures qbittorrent v4.5.0beta1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of qbittorrent v4.5.0alpha:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of qbittorrent v4.5.0beta1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-qbittorrent configure v4.5.0alpha
+qbittorrent configure v4.5.0beta1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71
 
 Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by qbittorrent $as_me v4.5.0alpha, which was
+It was created by qbittorrent $as_me v4.5.0beta1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -4779,7 +4779,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='qbittorrent'
- VERSION='v4.5.0alpha'
+ VERSION='v4.5.0beta1'
 
 
 printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE \"$PACKAGE\"" >>confdefs.h
@@ -7237,7 +7237,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by qbittorrent $as_me v4.5.0alpha, which was
+This file was extended by qbittorrent $as_me v4.5.0beta1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -7297,7 +7297,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-qbittorrent config.status v4.5.0alpha
+qbittorrent config.status v4.5.0beta1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0e0df12de..4d3a95d52 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([qbittorrent], [v4.5.0alpha], [bugs.qbittorrent.org], [], [https://www.qbittorrent.org/])
+AC_INIT([qbittorrent], [v4.5.0beta1], [bugs.qbittorrent.org], [], [https://www.qbittorrent.org/])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 : ${CFLAGS=""}
diff --git a/src/base/version.h.in b/src/base/version.h.in
index aadc72dae..1ab94d2b9 100644
--- a/src/base/version.h.in
+++ b/src/base/version.h.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define QBT_VERSION_MINOR 5
 #define QBT_VERSION_BUGFIX 0
 #define QBT_VERSION_BUILD 0
-#define QBT_VERSION_STATUS "alpha1"  // Should be empty for stable releases!
+#define QBT_VERSION_STATUS "beta1"  // Should be empty for stable releases!
 
 #define QBT__STRINGIFY(x) #x
 #define QBT_STRINGIFY(x) QBT__STRINGIFY(x)