From c0afd368436cf0e9ea37b5f2a78d284c38f3b25d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@zulip.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 17:44:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Release Zulip Server 7.0-beta1.

---
 docs/overview/changelog.md | 2 +-
 version.py                 | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/overview/changelog.md b/docs/overview/changelog.md
index 142a6ec5d4..ed061802aa 100644
--- a/docs/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/overview/changelog.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This page the release history for the Zulip server. See also the
 
 ## Zulip 7.x series
 
-### 7.0 -- unreleased
+### 7.0-beta1 -- 2023-05-02
 
 This section is an incomplete draft of the release notes for the next
 major release, and is only updated occasionally. See the [commit
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 80bc8e6305..c98b2c59fb 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-ZULIP_VERSION = "7.0-dev+git"
+ZULIP_VERSION = "7.0-beta1"
 
 # Add information on number of commits and commit hash to version, if available
 zulip_git_version_file = os.path.join(