diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 4672b4a3db..be5bc74f1c 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ if(PKG_KIM)
   if(DOWNLOAD_KIM)
     include(ExternalProject)
     ExternalProject_Add(kim_build
-      URL https://github.com/openkim/kim-api/archive/v2.0.0-beta.0.tar.gz
-      URL_MD5 2c099fe2603fda9a6904fc50d626f71b
+      URL https://github.com/openkim/kim-api/archive/v2.0.0-beta.1.tar.gz
+      URL_MD5 633e331cc7942c1f0462da71f41f94be
       BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
       CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
       )
diff --git a/lib/kim/Install.py b/lib/kim/Install.py
index f9eb1c5eed..da0dcd2789 100644
--- a/lib/kim/Install.py
+++ b/lib/kim/Install.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Syntax from lib dir: python Install.py -b -v version  -a kim-name
 specify one or more options, order does not matter
 
   -v = version of KIM API library to use
-       default = kim-api-v2.0.0-beta.0 (current as of June 2018)
+       default = kim-api-v2.0.0-beta.1 (current as of July 2018)
   -b = download and build base KIM API library with example Models
        this will delete any previous installation in the current folder
   -n = do NOT download and build base KIM API library.
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ nargs = len(args)
 if nargs == 0: error()
 
 thisdir = os.environ['PWD']
-version = "kim-api-v2.0.0-beta.0"
+version = "kim-api-v2.0.0-beta.1"
 
 buildflag = False
 everythingflag = False