diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL
index 6f941d944fc2..2c4f5e4abf45 100755
--- a/docs/INSTALL
+++ b/docs/INSTALL
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ Appendix A: Note on using Apache 2
 1. I N T R O D U C T I O N
 
 
+*******************************************************************************
+
+CAUTION: THIS IS A BETA RELEASE. NOT INTENDED FOR PRODOCTIVE ENVIRONMENTS.
+         ONLY FOR TEST PURPOSES.
+
+*******************************************************************************
+
+
 ILIAS is a web-based Learning Content Managament System (LCMS) developed with
 the server-side scripting language PHP and distributed as Open Source software
 under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It uses the MySQL database and the
diff --git a/include/inc.ilias_version.php b/include/inc.ilias_version.php
index e17bc03951b3..e85a20661f66 100644
--- a/include/inc.ilias_version.php
+++ b/include/inc.ilias_version.php
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 *
 * @package ilias-core
 */
-define("ILIAS_VERSION", "5.1.0 Pre-Alpha");
+define("ILIAS_VERSION", "5.1.0 Beta 1 2015-08-30");
 define("ILIAS_VERSION_NUMERIC", "5.1.0");			// must be always x.y.z: x, y and z are numbers
 ?>