diff --git a/sc2/src/uqmversion.h b/sc2/src/uqmversion.h
index b8e54adbe..ed9335dec 100644
--- a/sc2/src/uqmversion.h
+++ b/sc2/src/uqmversion.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define UQM_MINOR_VERSION_S  "8"
 #define UQM_PATCH_VERSION     0
 #define UQM_PATCH_VERSION_S  "0"
-#define UQM_EXTRA_VERSION    "a"
+#define UQM_EXTRA_VERSION    "b"
 /* The final version is interpreted as:
  * printf ("%d.%d.%d%s", UQM_MAJOR_VERSION, UQM_MINOR_VERSION,
  * 		UQM_PATCH_VERSION, UQM_EXTRA_VERSION);