diff --git a/README b/README
index 8be8ddb59b..c837e17c62 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 phpMyAdmin - Readme
 ===================
 
-Version 4.8.0-dev
+Version 4.8.0-alpha1
 
 A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB.
 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 363be5c283..f7dfb95fe0 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ copyright = u'2012 - 2017, The phpMyAdmin devel team'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '4.8.0-dev'
+version = '4.8.0-alpha1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Config.php b/libraries/classes/Config.php
index e20b2690bd..c83b7786d8 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Config.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Config.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Config
      */
     public function checkSystem()
     {
-        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '4.8.0-dev');
+        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '4.8.0-alpha1');
         /* Major version */
         $this->set(
             'PMA_MAJOR_VERSION',