diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39b6b722f..69fd4f624 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ configuration work. rebar also provides dependency management, enabling
 application writers to easily re-use common libraries from a variety of
 locations ([hex.pm](http://hex.pm), git, hg, and so on).
 
-3.0 Beta-2
+3.0 Beta-3
 ====
 
 [DOCUMENTATION](http://www.rebar3.org/v3.0/docs)
diff --git a/pr2relnotes.py b/pr2relnotes.py
index 6e9a4f499..7a23fda71 100755
--- a/pr2relnotes.py
+++ b/pr2relnotes.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def get_formatted_issue(repo, issue, title, url):
     """
     # Newline support writelines() call which doesn't add newlines
     # on its own
-    return("* {}/{}: [{}]({})\n".format(repo, issue, title, url))
+    return("* {}/{}: [{}]({})\n".format(repo, issue, title.encode('utf-8'), url))
 
 def gh_get_issue_output(org, repo, issuenum):
     """
diff --git a/src/rebar.app.src b/src/rebar.app.src
index 1777e1623..5ab3ddd33 100644
--- a/src/rebar.app.src
+++ b/src/rebar.app.src
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 {application, rebar,
  [{description, "Rebar: Erlang Build Tool"},
-  {vsn, "3.0.0-beta-2"},
+  {vsn, "git"},
   {modules, []},
   {registered, []},
   {applications, [kernel,