diff --git a/core/sys_config.php b/core/sys_config.php
index 8692f97e..120aa6ed 100644
--- a/core/sys_config.php
+++ b/core/sys_config.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ _d("COMPILE_ELS", false);    // boolean  pre-build the list of event listeners
 _d("NICE_URLS", false);      // boolean  force niceurl mode
 _d("SEARCH_ACCEL", false);   // boolean  use search accelerator
 _d("WH_SPLITS", 1);          // int      how many levels of subfolders to put in the warehouse
-_d("VERSION", '2.7-beta');   // string   shimmie version
+_d("VERSION", '2.7.0');      // string   shimmie version
 _d("TIMEZONE", null);        // string   timezone
 _d("EXTRA_EXTS", "");        // string   optional extra extensions
 _d("BASE_URL", null);        // string   force a specific base URL (default is auto-detect)