diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f17d8e6d3..bf0e045a6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "0.47.05")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha0")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "beta1")
 set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index e530b9e38..3cf180c23 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 
 # Future
 
+# 0.47.05-beta1
+
 ## Fixes
 - `embark-assistant`: fixed bug in soil depth determination for ocean tiles
 - `orders`: don't crash when importing orders with malformed JSON
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index 58db67c6b..f45c7324d 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 58db67c6b6c1f0ffba27ada75a7bbbaef3001834
+Subproject commit f45c7324de5ab6b18b3a3348a542cd125352ca0c
diff --git a/scripts b/scripts
index 515c75d22..52931e135 160000
--- a/scripts
+++ b/scripts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 515c75d22d18e0d64e0e3d56ec32f16b209eeac6
+Subproject commit 52931e1357f20d911f38e3ca9cda528d9ee23f9c