diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a7e0f4a..3819c473 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
 # Libresonic/libresonic
 # -->
 
+
+v6.2.beta1
+----------
+
+  * Add external database support
+  * Upgrade to new version of Spring
+  * Replace subsonic-booter with Spring Boot
+  * Remove remote-access service and port-forwarding
+  * Remove vestigial Subsonic licensing calls
+  * Add a demo site
+  * Tests and bugfixes and documentation, oh my!
+
 v6.1.beta2
 --------
 
diff --git a/libresonic-main/pom.xml b/libresonic-main/pom.xml
index 21392124..fc97a3e4 100644
--- a/libresonic-main/pom.xml
+++ b/libresonic-main/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.libresonic.player</groupId>
         <artifactId>libresonic</artifactId>
-        <version>6.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.2.beta1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/libresonic-rest-api/pom.xml b/libresonic-rest-api/pom.xml
index 13692806..d69051e9 100644
--- a/libresonic-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/libresonic-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.libresonic.player</groupId>
         <artifactId>libresonic</artifactId>
-        <version>6.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.2.beta1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/libresonic-sonos-api/pom.xml b/libresonic-sonos-api/pom.xml
index 87b94fc8..5b66a323 100644
--- a/libresonic-sonos-api/pom.xml
+++ b/libresonic-sonos-api/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.libresonic.player</groupId>
         <artifactId>libresonic</artifactId>
-        <version>6.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.2.beta1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7454e4fc..2f37770f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.libresonic.player</groupId>
     <artifactId>libresonic</artifactId>
-    <version>6.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.2.beta1</version>
     <name>Libresonic</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <organization>