diff --git a/pydantic_settings/version.py b/pydantic_settings/version.py
index ec6721dd..c5ba82ee 100644
--- a/pydantic_settings/version.py
+++ b/pydantic_settings/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = '2.0a4'
+VERSION = '2.0b1'