diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
index aba5f9ea5c743b901ce47b700cbb461800998bec..6dad0d79ab45e0a4a45cb50ec6797dbadbdec621 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 /* used by packaging tools */
 /* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR    a
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR    b
 /* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
 #define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   release