diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 2fb3344cb..acfeb3b4c 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.0-beta1
\ No newline at end of file
+1.8.0-beta2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qa-include/qa-base.php b/qa-include/qa-base.php
index dae3cf25e..c86639df8 100644
--- a/qa-include/qa-base.php
+++ b/qa-include/qa-base.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 */
 
 
-define('QA_VERSION', '1.8.0-beta1'); // also used as suffix for .js and .css requests
-define('QA_BUILD_DATE', '2017-09-07');
+define('QA_VERSION', '1.8.0-beta2'); // also used as suffix for .js and .css requests
+define('QA_BUILD_DATE', '2017-12-23');
 
 
 /**