diff --git a/releases/v2.0.0-beta.toml b/releases/v2.0.0-beta.toml
index 67dc87b30..2a0d2a560 100644
--- a/releases/v2.0.0-beta.toml
+++ b/releases/v2.0.0-beta.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ commit = "HEAD"
 project_name = "containerd"
 github_repo = "containerd/containerd"
 match_deps = "^github.com/(containerd/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)$"
+ignore_deps = [ "github.com/containerd/containerd" ]
 
 # previous release
 previous = "v1.7.0"
@@ -30,4 +31,5 @@ and [CNI plugins](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases) from
 See also the [Getting Started](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md) documentation.
 """
 
-override_deps."github.com/containerd/log".previous = "cf9777876edf6a4aa230c739bc7eec5ab8349e9c"
\ No newline at end of file
+override_deps."github.com/containerd/log".previous = "cf9777876edf6a4aa230c739bc7eec5ab8349e9c"
+override_deps."github.com/containerd/plugin".previous = "497c49344a4b9894a7e26497420cb7fa817facba"
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 792ee6da0..1ed753290 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "2.0.0-beta.0+unknown"
+	Version = "2.0.0-beta.1+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.