diff --git a/homeassistant/const.py b/homeassistant/const.py
index eebd10f4fb9..aebcb95c3b1 100644
--- a/homeassistant/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/const.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """Constants used by Home Assistant components."""
 MAJOR_VERSION = 0
 MINOR_VERSION = 98
-PATCH_VERSION = "0.dev0"
+PATCH_VERSION = "0b0"
 __short_version__ = "{}.{}".format(MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION)
 __version__ = "{}.{}".format(__short_version__, PATCH_VERSION)
 REQUIRED_PYTHON_VER = (3, 6, 0)
diff --git a/script/version_bump.py b/script/version_bump.py
index 7c584daae7e..db3f3ac273d 100755
--- a/script/version_bump.py
+++ b/script/version_bump.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def write_version(version):
         "MINOR_VERSION = .*\n", "MINOR_VERSION = {}\n".format(minor), content
     )
     content = re.sub(
-        "PATCH_VERSION = .*\n", "PATCH_VERSION = '{}'\n".format(patch), content
+        "PATCH_VERSION = .*\n", 'PATCH_VERSION = "{}"\n'.format(patch), content
     )
 
     with open("homeassistant/const.py", "wt") as fil: