diff --git a/Ctl/VERSION b/Ctl/VERSION
index 9e29315a..e7b565bb 100644
--- a/Ctl/VERSION
+++ b/Ctl/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.50.0
+2.51.0-beta
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3880604..3f731475 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "peeringdb_server"
-version = "2.50.0"
+version = "2.51.0-beta"
 description = "source code for PeeringDB.com"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/peeringdb/peeringdb"