diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c3064c64..21b543d1c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/briansmith/ring"
 rust-version = "1.61.0"
 
 # Keep in sync with `links` below.
-version = "0.17.0-not-released-yet"
+version = "0.17.0-beta.1"
 
 # Keep in sync with `version` above.
 #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ version = "0.17.0-not-released-yet"
 # build.rs uses this to derive the prefix for FFI symbols and the file names
 # of the FFI libraries, so it must be a valid identifier prefix and a valid
 # filename prefix.
-links = "ring_core_0_17_0_not_released_yet"
+links = "ring_core_0_17_0_beta_1"
 
 include = [
     "LICENSE",