diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index ac18f6f2..6079cf14 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ keywords: 'software, data, lesson, The Carpentries'
 
 # Life cycle stage of the lesson
 # possible values: pre-alpha, alpha, beta, stable
-life_cycle: 'pre-alpha'
+life_cycle: 'beta'
 
 # License of the lesson materials (recommended CC-BY 4.0)
 license: 'CC-BY 4.0'
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index 39012b44..23e1f066 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ understand how to perform a mass import into Wikidata.
 
 ## Under Design
 
-**This lesson is currently in its early design stage;
+**This lesson is still in beta;
 please check the repository issues and pull requests
 to see what we have so far.
 Contributions are very welcome**