diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ea9ae548c0..541fa2a939 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ stages:
     if: type = pull_request
   - name: Update Children Projects
     if: branch = master AND type = push OR (tag =~ .*beta.*)
+  - name: Release beta tag
+    if: type = cron
 
 addons:
     chrome: stable
@@ -75,6 +77,9 @@ jobs:
         - stage: Update Children Projects
           script: ./scripts/travis/update/update-children.sh
 
+        - stage: Release beta tag
+          script: ./scripts/travis/release/git-tag-beta.sh
+
 
         - stage: e2e Test
           name: core
diff --git a/scripts/travis/build/build.sh b/scripts/travis/build/build.sh
index 31aba581c1..56e7a340a3 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/build/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/build/build.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ then
 
     if [[ $TRAVIS_BRANCH == "development" ]];
     then
-        ./scripts/update-version.sh -gnu -nextalpha || exit 1;
+        NEXT_VERSION=-nextalpha
+        if [[ $TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE == "cron" ]];
+        then
+            NEXT_VERSION=-nextbeta
+        fi
+        ./scripts/update-version.sh -gnu $NEXT_VERSION || exit 1;
     fi
 
     node ./scripts/pre-publish.js
diff --git a/scripts/travis/release/git-tag-beta.sh b/scripts/travis/release/git-tag-beta.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cc05f59959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/travis/release/git-tag-beta.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION=$(npm view @alfresco/adf-core@beta version)
+
+echo "git tag -a ${VERSION} -m ${VERSION}"
+git tag -a ${VERSION} -m "${VERSION} [ci skip] "
+git remote rm origin
+git remote add origin 'git@github.com:Alfresco/alfresco-ng2-components.git'
+git push origin --tags