diff --git a/lib/kafka/version.rb b/lib/kafka/version.rb
index e3bd76291..5fb3420e1 100644
--- a/lib/kafka/version.rb
+++ b/lib/kafka/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Kafka
-  VERSION = "0.5.0.beta3"
+  VERSION = "0.5.0.beta4"
 end