diff --git a/kgtk/__init__.py b/kgtk/__init__.py
index b3ddbc41f..5adef3a9b 100644
--- a/kgtk/__init__.py
+++ b/kgtk/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.1.1'
+__version__ = '1.1.2-beta'