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Migrating from 4.0.0b1 to 4.0.0b2
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.. note::
    You can also migrate from the latest 3.x release to 4.0.0b2 without updating to 4.0.0b1 first.


Backup database and files
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BACKUP. YOUR. DATABASE. AND. FILES.


What's new?
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 - Updated bytestrings to string literals to prevent Django from creating unnecessary migrations.


Update devilry to 4.0.0b2
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Update the devilry version to ``4.0.0b2`` as described in :doc:`../update`.