diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f45ac48..b3b3b09 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rocket_cors"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.0-beta-1"
 license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 authors = ["Yong Wen Chua <me@yongwen.xyz>"]
 description = "Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) for Rocket.rs applications"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d2c2d0..5d17264 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ work, but they are subject to the minimum that Rocket sets.
 Add the following to Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
-rocket_cors = "0.5.0"
+rocket_cors = "0.5.0-beta-1"
 ```
 
 To use the latest `master` branch, for example:
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2158543..d173720 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ might work, but they are subject to the minimum that Rocket sets.
 Add the following to Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
-rocket_cors = "0.5.0"
+rocket_cors = "0.5.0-beta-1"
 ```
 
 To use the latest `master` branch, for example:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ the [`CorsOptions`] struct that is described below. If you would like to disable
 change your `Cargo.toml` to:
 
 ```toml
-rocket_cors = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
+rocket_cors = { version = "0.5.0-beta-1", default-features = false }
 ```
 
 ## Usage