diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 68ce6ff97cd..a33cb8b572e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nextest-runner"
-version = "0.68.0"
+version = "0.69.0-b.1"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "async-scoped",
diff --git a/cargo-nextest/Cargo.toml b/cargo-nextest/Cargo.toml
index c28b1292344..7cb55916828 100644
--- a/cargo-nextest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cargo-nextest/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ miette = { workspace = true, features = ["fancy"] }
 # to avoid compatibility issues.
 nextest-filtering = { version = "=0.12.0", path = "../nextest-filtering" }
 nextest-metadata = { version = "=0.12.1", path = "../nextest-metadata" }
-nextest-runner = { version = "=0.68.0", path = "../nextest-runner" }
+nextest-runner = { version = "=0.69.0-b.1", path = "../nextest-runner" }
 nextest-workspace-hack.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
 owo-colors.workspace = true
diff --git a/nextest-runner/Cargo.toml b/nextest-runner/Cargo.toml
index 12a96ab7931..bf38877dbd1 100644
--- a/nextest-runner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nextest-runner/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nextest-runner"
 description = "Core runner logic for cargo nextest."
-version = "0.68.0"
+version = "0.69.0-b.1"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/nextest-rs/nextest"