diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 0f40d5209f..b6d509a40c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ jobs:
             To verify the `lnd` and `lncli` binaries inside the docker images against the signed, reproducible release binaries, there is a verification script in the image that can be called (before starting the container for example):
 
             ```shell
-            $ docker pull lightninglabs/lnd:${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-            $ docker run --rm --entrypoint="" lightninglabs/lnd:${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }} /verify-install.sh
+            $ docker run --rm --entrypoint="" lightninglabs/lnd:${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }} /verify-install.sh ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
             $ OK=$?
             $ if [ "$OK" -ne "0" ]; then echo "Verification failed!"; exit 1; done
             $ docker run lightninglabs/lnd [command-line options]
diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index faf3fe3db1..4cec1d5116 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const (
 
 	// AppPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.
-	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc6"
+	AppPreRelease = "beta"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/docs/DOCKER.md b/docs/DOCKER.md
index 724e12f218..be0d919b80 100644
--- a/docs/DOCKER.md
+++ b/docs/DOCKER.md
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ script in the image that can be called (before starting the container for
 example):
 
 ```shell
-⛰  docker pull lightninglabs/lnd:v0.12.0-beta
-⛰  docker run --rm --entrypoint="" lightninglabs/lnd:v0.12.0-beta /verify-install.sh
+⛰  docker run --rm --entrypoint="" lightninglabs/lnd:v0.12.1-beta /verify-install.sh v0.12.1-beta
 ⛰  OK=$?
 ⛰  if [ "$OK" -ne "0" ]; then echo "Verification failed!"; exit 1; done
 ⛰  docker run lightninglabs/lnd [command-line options]
diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index 42f2b8df3c..30e6e5727e 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ script in the image that can be called (before starting the container for
 example):
 
 ```shell
-⛰  docker pull lightninglabs/lnd:v0.12.0-beta
-⛰  docker run --rm --entrypoint="" lightninglabs/lnd:v0.12.0-beta /verify-install.sh
+⛰  docker run --rm --entrypoint="" lightninglabs/lnd:v0.12.1-beta /verify-install.sh v0.12.1-beta
 ⛰  OK=$?
 ⛰  if [ "$OK" -ne "0" ]; then echo "Verification failed!"; exit 1; done
 ⛰  docker run lightninglabs/lnd [command-line options]
diff --git a/scripts/verify-install.sh b/scripts/verify-install.sh
index 5aa1383de2..610b6df475 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify-install.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,24 @@ function check_command() {
   fi
 }
 
-# By default we're picking up lnd and lncli from the system $PATH.
-LND_BIN=$(which lnd)
-LNCLI_BIN=$(which lncli)
+
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: missing expected version!"
+  echo "Usage: verify-install.sh expected-version [path-to-lnd-binary path-to-lncli-binary]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# The first argument should be the expected version of the binaries.
+VERSION=$1
+shift
+
+# Verify that the expected version is well-formed.
+version_regex="^v[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]"
+if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ $version_regex ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Invalid expected version detected: $VERSION"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Expected version for binaries: $VERSION"
 
 # If exactly two parameters are specified, we expect the first one to be lnd and
 # the second one to be lncli.
@@ -49,22 +64,23 @@ if [[ $# -eq 2 ]]; then
     exit 1
   fi
 elif [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
-  # Make sure both binaries can be found and are executable.
-  check_command lnd
-  check_command lncli
+  # By default we're picking up lnd and lncli from the system $PATH.
+  LND_BIN=$(which lnd)
+  LNCLI_BIN=$(which lncli)
 else
   echo "ERROR: invalid number of parameters!"
   echo "Usage: verify-install.sh [lnd-binary lncli-binary]"
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# Make sure both binaries can be found and are executable.
+check_command lnd
+check_command lncli
+
 check_command curl
 check_command jq
 check_command gpg
 
-LND_VERSION=$($LND_BIN --version | cut -d'=' -f2)
-LNCLI_VERSION=$($LNCLI_BIN --version | cut -d'=' -f2)
-
 # Make this script compatible with both linux and *nix.
 SHA_CMD="sha256sum"
 if ! command -v "$SHA_CMD"; then
@@ -78,21 +94,6 @@ fi
 LND_SUM=$($SHA_CMD $LND_BIN | cut -d' ' -f1)
 LNCLI_SUM=$($SHA_CMD $LNCLI_BIN | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
-echo "Detected lnd $LND_BIN version $LND_VERSION with SHA256 sum $LND_SUM"
-echo "Detected lncli $LNCLI_BIN version $LNCLI_VERSION with SHA256 sum $LNCLI_SUM"
-
-# Make sure lnd and lncli are installed with the same version and is an actual
-# version string.
-if [[ "$LNCLI_VERSION" != "$LND_VERSION" ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Version $LNCLI_VERSION of lncli does not match $LND_VERSION of lnd!"
-  exit 1
-fi
-version_regex="^v[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]"
-if [[ ! "$LND_VERSION" =~ $version_regex ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Invalid version of lnd detected: $LND_VERSION"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # Make sure the hash was actually calculated by looking at its length.
 if [[ ${#LND_SUM} -ne 64 ]]; then
   echo "ERROR: Invalid hash for lnd: $LND_SUM!"
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ if [[ ${#LNCLI_SUM} -ne 64 ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+echo "Verifying lnd $LND_BIN as version $VERSION with SHA256 sum $LND_SUM"
+echo "Verifying lncli $LNCLI_BIN as version $VERSION with SHA256 sum $LNCLI_SUM"
+
 # If we're inside the docker image, there should be a shasums.txt file in the
 # root directory. If that's the case, we first want to make sure we still have
 # the same hash as we did when building the image.
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ done
 echo ""
 
 # Download the JSON of the release itself. That'll contain the release ID we need for the next call.
-RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -L -s -H "$HEADER_JSON" "$RELEASE_URL/$LND_VERSION")
+RELEASE_JSON=$(curl -L -s -H "$HEADER_JSON" "$RELEASE_URL/$VERSION")
 
 TAG_NAME=$(echo $RELEASE_JSON | jq -r '.tag_name')
 RELEASE_ID=$(echo $RELEASE_JSON | jq -r '.id')
@@ -150,11 +154,11 @@ SIGNATURES=$(echo $ASSETS | jq -r "$SIGNATURE_SELECTOR")
 # the detached signatures.
 TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/lnd-sig-verification-XXXXXX)
 echo "Downloading $MANIFEST"
-curl -L -s -o "$TEMP_DIR/$MANIFEST" "$RELEASE_URL/download/$LND_VERSION/$MANIFEST"
+curl -L -s -o "$TEMP_DIR/$MANIFEST" "$RELEASE_URL/download/$VERSION/$MANIFEST"
 
 for signature in $SIGNATURES; do
   echo "Downloading $signature"
-  curl -L -s -o "$TEMP_DIR/$signature" "$RELEASE_URL/download/$LND_VERSION/$signature"
+  curl -L -s -o "$TEMP_DIR/$signature" "$RELEASE_URL/download/$VERSION/$signature"
 done
 
 echo ""
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ if [[ $NUM_CHECKS -lt $MIN_REQUIRED_SIGNATURES ]]; then
   echo "  Valid signatures found: $NUM_CHECKS"
   echo "  Valid signatures required: $MIN_REQUIRED_SIGNATURES"
   echo
-  echo "  Make sure the release $LND_VERSION contains the required "
+  echo "  Make sure the release $VERSION contains the required "
   echo "  number of signatures on the manifest, or wait until more "
   echo "  signatures have been added to the release."
   exit 1