diff --git a/README b/README
index 62f6009f52..30a9e920a0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 phpMyAdmin - Readme
 ===================
 
-Version 4.6.0-dev
+Version 4.6.0-alpha
 
 A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB.
 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index da5d5370ed..2ec3c0e7c7 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ copyright = u'2012 - 2014, The phpMyAdmin devel team'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '4.6.0-dev'
+version = '4.6.0-alpha'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/libraries/Config.php b/libraries/Config.php
index 1d9da81b21..aec1893fe8 100644
--- a/libraries/Config.php
+++ b/libraries/Config.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Config
      */
     public function checkSystem()
     {
-        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '4.6.0-dev');
+        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '4.6.0-alpha');
         /**
          * @deprecated
          */