diff --git a/packages/build-client.sh b/packages/build-client.sh
index 4dfa24385cfa839be6476b0185c021a3ba7283c3..e91a863ff0aec65adaa0955ba9010bd3acc0cf0e 100755
--- a/packages/build-client.sh
+++ b/packages/build-client.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ err()
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # edit when you build new package
-version="2.0"
+version="2.1-beta"
 
 package_name="warden-client"
 package="${package_name}-${version}"
diff --git a/packages/warden-client-2.1-beta.tar.gz b/packages/warden-client-2.1-beta.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0054706e9820b7e63c4968dee4a366e2e24a66b0
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/warden-client-2.1-beta.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/packages/warden-client-2.1-beta.tar.gz.sig b/packages/warden-client-2.1-beta.tar.gz.sig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..135e2e0c856755ce9a61fe2ac23e3e78b49282c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/warden-client-2.1-beta.tar.gz.sig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c529649aff29825ab92808da15dc2962c784c6b1  warden-client-2.1-beta.tar.gz
diff --git a/src/warden-client/doc/CHANGELOG b/src/warden-client/doc/CHANGELOG
index bd4cd2ba7571e847635703c9cd34eb9da6a6ccce..09c0bd782a736fa06fe953f354b74fb575b6ed20 100644
--- a/src/warden-client/doc/CHANGELOG
+++ b/src/warden-client/doc/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-2012-00-00 v.2.1 stable version
+2012-11-05 v.2.1-beta version
 -------------------------------
-- added WardenClientCommon.pm package containing error-handling and
+- Added WardenClientCommon.pm package containing error-handling and
   connect-to-server functions
-- added support for error (debug) logging via STDERR and/or Syslog
-- receiving of all types of messages now supported
-- added support for batch processing
-- maximum number of events received ($MAX_RCV_EVENTS_LIMIT) in one batch can 
-  be set in etc/warden-client.conf. Default is 6000.
+- Installation of Warden client does not require copying of certificates
+  and keys                                                              (#553)
+- Enhanced error messages                                               (#552)
+- Added support for error (debug) logging via STDERR and/or Syslog (#520,#522)
+- Receiving of all types of messages now supported
+- Unexpected errors does not crush the client application               (#519)
+- Maximum number of events received ($MAX_RCV_EVENTS_LIMIT) in one
+  batch can be set in etc/warden-client.conf. Default is 6000.          (#504)
+- Added support for batch processing                                    (#504)
 
 
 2012-07-27 v.2.0 stable version and bugfix release of warden-client-2.0.0-beta
diff --git a/src/warden-client/doc/README b/src/warden-client/doc/README
index fda0e8276a38876a6f4ab42b54fd80e64c2878bf..15307238ee2d41e26108f8c1bc096bf80bd5596f 100644
--- a/src/warden-client/doc/README
+++ b/src/warden-client/doc/README
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A. Overall Information
  
  2. Version
   
-    2.1 (2012-10-18)
+    2.1 (2012-11-05)
     
  3. Package structure
  
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ C. Installation (First installation of the Warden client package)
 
  1. Check SHA1 checksum of corresponding Warden client package archive
 
-    $ sha1sum -c warden-client-2.0.tar.gz.sig
+    $ sha1sum -c warden-client-2.1.tar.gz.sig
 
  2. Untar it
 
-    $ tar xzvf warden-client-2.0.tar.gz
+    $ tar xzvf warden-client-2.1.tar.gz
 
  3. Run install.sh