diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index 0cce419e7712..306f79118b93 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
-REVISION="5.1"
-BRANCH="CURRENT"
+REVISION="5.2"
+BRANCH="BETA"
 RELEASE="${REVISION}-${BRANCH}"
 VERSION="${TYPE} ${RELEASE}"