diff --git a/lua.h b/lua.h
index 0443c9d4..c5d859d4 100644
--- a/lua.h
+++ b/lua.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.h,v 1.314 2014/08/21 20:07:56 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lua.h,v 1.315 2014/10/01 11:54:56 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua - A Scripting Language
 ** Lua.org, PUC-Rio, Brazil (http://www.lua.org)
 ** See Copyright Notice at the end of this file
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define LUA_VERSION_MAJOR	"5"
 #define LUA_VERSION_MINOR	"3"
 #define LUA_VERSION_NUM		503
-#define LUA_VERSION_RELEASE	"alpha"
+#define LUA_VERSION_RELEASE	"beta"
 
 #define LUA_VERSION	"Lua " LUA_VERSION_MAJOR "." LUA_VERSION_MINOR
 #define LUA_RELEASE	LUA_VERSION "." LUA_VERSION_RELEASE