diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 128dd626d6..cd37ccb9b7 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-Public release of LyX version 2.3.0alpha1
+Public release of LyX version 2.3.0beta1
 ========================================
 
-We are proud to announce the first public alpha of the new LyX 2.3 series.
+We are proud to announce the first public beta of the new LyX 2.3 series.
 
 With this release, LyX celebrates 21 years of existence. The 2.3 series
 has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable series.
 
-LyX 2.3.0alpha1 is the culmination of one year of hard work. An overview
+LyX 2.3.0beta1 is the culmination of one year of hard work. An overview
 of the new features can be found here:
   http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX23
 
-You can download LyX 2.3.0alpha1 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/.
+You can download LyX 2.3.0beta1 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/.
 
 We hope you will enjoy the result!
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ to the current stable releases (LyX 2.2.x). We strongly recommend that
 packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file.
 
 As with any major release, this one comes with a lot of new features but
-also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.0alpha1, either
+also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.0beta1, either
 email the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
 or open a bug report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome.