diff --git a/compose/config/config_schema_v3.4.json b/compose/config/config_schema_v3.4-beta.json
similarity index 99%
rename from compose/config/config_schema_v3.4.json
rename to compose/config/config_schema_v3.4-beta.json
index 5a110a888..190c05f2c 100644
--- a/compose/config/config_schema_v3.4.json
+++ b/compose/config/config_schema_v3.4-beta.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
-  "id": "config_schema_v3.4.json",
+  "id": "config_schema_v3.4-beta.json",
   "type": "object",
   "required": ["version"],
 
diff --git a/compose/const.py b/compose/const.py
index b5970f82a..809f7c7d4 100644
--- a/compose/const.py
+++ b/compose/const.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ COMPOSEFILE_V3_0 = ComposeVersion('3.0')
 COMPOSEFILE_V3_1 = ComposeVersion('3.1')
 COMPOSEFILE_V3_2 = ComposeVersion('3.2')
 COMPOSEFILE_V3_3 = ComposeVersion('3.3')
-COMPOSEFILE_V3_4 = ComposeVersion('3.4')
+COMPOSEFILE_V3_4 = ComposeVersion('3.4-beta')
 
 API_VERSIONS = {
     COMPOSEFILE_V1: '1.21',
diff --git a/docker-compose.spec b/docker-compose.spec
index 8dc70c226..fe5651f6a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.spec
+++ b/docker-compose.spec
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ exe = EXE(pyz,
                 'compose/config/config_schema_v3.3.json',
                 'DATA'
             ),
+            (
+                'compose/config/config_schema_v3.4-beta.json',
+                'compose/config/config_schema_v3.4-beta.json',
+                'DATA'
+            ),
             (
                 'compose/GITSHA',
                 'compose/GITSHA',