diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index dd8438bac..88bf90357 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const (
 
 	// AppPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet per
 	// the semantic versioning spec.
-	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc5"
+	AppPreRelease = "beta"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/discovery/sync_manager.go b/discovery/sync_manager.go
index b1cb208cd..65e0774a4 100644
--- a/discovery/sync_manager.go
+++ b/discovery/sync_manager.go
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ func (m *SyncManager) waitMsgDelay(ctx context.Context, peerPub [33]byte,
 	// to be sent.
 	delay := limitReservation.Delay()
 	if delay > 0 {
-		log.Infof("GossipSyncer(%x): rate limiting gossip replies, "+
+		log.Debugf("GossipSyncer(%x): rate limiting gossip replies, "+
 			"responding in %s", peerPub, delay)
 
 		select {