1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/version.rb b/version.rb
index 87fc7690ac..367d0f6546 100644
--- a/version.rb
+++ b/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 module Rails
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = Rails.version.segments
+    STRING = Rails.version.to_s
   end
 end