diff --git a/redis/__init__.py b/redis/__init__.py
index 67f165d9fe..c54134bfb9 100644
--- a/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/redis/__init__.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = "6.2.0"
+__version__ = "7.0.0b1"
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))