diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6136259ad3..742f85f537 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ copyright = 'Django Software Foundation and contributors'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.2'
+version = '1.3'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = version
+release = '1.3-beta-1'
 # The next version to be released
 django_next_version = '1.3'