diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2258146a..9ed2d391 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1127,6 +1127,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     set_term(stdout);
     do_files(i,argc,argv);
 
+#if 1 && (UPX_VERSION < 0x012000)
+    {
+        FILE *f = stdout;
+        int fg = con_fg(f,FG_RED);
+        con_fprintf(f,"\nWARNING: this is an unstable beta version - use for testing only! Really.\n");
+        fg = con_fg(f,fg);
+    }
+#endif
+
 #if 0 && defined(__GLIBC__)
     //malloc_stats();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index af2282f3..e36d264f 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "1.09.6"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Dec 13th 2000"
+#define UPX_VERSION             0x011000        /* 01.10.00 */
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING      "1.10"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE        "Dec 20th 2000"