diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index de967c371..7981e4ffd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ endif()
 project(emulationstation-de)
 
 # Application version, update this when making a new release.
-set(ES_VERSION 2.2.0-alpha)
+set(ES_VERSION 2.2.0-beta)
 
 # Set this to ON to show verbose compiler output (e.g. compiler flags, include directories etc.)
 set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE OFF CACHE BOOL "Show verbose compiler output" FORCE)
diff --git a/es-app/assets/EmulationStation-DE_Info.plist b/es-app/assets/EmulationStation-DE_Info.plist
index c10aa1b6f..ebffa8aff 100644
--- a/es-app/assets/EmulationStation-DE_Info.plist
+++ b/es-app/assets/EmulationStation-DE_Info.plist
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
     <string>ESDE</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>2.2.0-alpha</string>
+    <string>2.2.0-beta</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>2.2.0-alpha</string>
+    <string>2.2.0-beta</string>
     <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
     <string>6.0</string>
     <key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
diff --git a/es-app/assets/Windows_Portable_README.txt b/es-app/assets/Windows_Portable_README.txt
index f50ac6187..5783704a9 100644
--- a/es-app/assets/Windows_Portable_README.txt
+++ b/es-app/assets/Windows_Portable_README.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ EmulationStation Desktop Edition (ES-DE) - Portable installation on Windows
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ES-DE release:
-2.2.0-alpha
+2.2.0-beta
 
 The latest version can be downloaded from https://es-de.org
 Please also consider donating to the project, links for that can be found on the ES-DE website just mentioned.
diff --git a/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz b/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz
index 05a17c638..faa04baa0 100644
Binary files a/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz and b/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz differ
diff --git a/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h b/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
index fa2136075..45c27221b 100644
--- a/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
+++ b/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE  0
 #define PROGRAM_RELEASE_NUMBER       37
 // clang-format on
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING "2.2.0-alpha"
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING "2.2.0-beta"
 
 #define PROGRAM_BUILT_STRING __DATE__ " - " __TIME__