diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 8a903f195..f938c7b46 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AArnott/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/master/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/version.schema.json",
-  "version": "4.9.0-beta1",
+  "version": "4.9.0-beta2",
   "publicReleaseRefSpec": [
     "^refs/tags/v\\d+\\.\\d+" // we also release tags starting with vN.N
   ],