diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 5c12c5b3..ea0fa78e 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "dev.typetype.android"
         minSdk = 23
         targetSdk = 37
-        versionCode = 10902
-        versionName = "1.9.1-beta.2"
+        versionCode = 11001
+        versionName = "1.10.0-beta.1"
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         resValue("string", "app_name", "TypeType")
     }
diff --git a/release-notes/v1.10.0-beta.1.md b/release-notes/v1.10.0-beta.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e97c65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/v1.10.0-beta.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Prepare the 1.10.0 minor beta line with versionCode 11001.
+
+This release line groups the backward-compatible changes since 1.9.0. The
+application code is unchanged from 1.9.1-beta.2; this PR changes only release
+metadata.
+
+Thanks to everyone testing TypeType and reporting problems.