diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 35f87e989..58ea2d635 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 <head>
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
-    <title>phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-dev - Documentation</title>
+    <title>phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-alpha1 - Documentation</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docs.css" />
 </head>
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 <hr noshade="noshade" width="100%" />
 </div>
 
-<h1>phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-dev Documentation</h1>
+<h1>phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-alpha1 Documentation</h1>
 
 
 <!-- TOP MENU -->
diff --git a/libraries/defines.lib.php b/libraries/defines.lib.php
index fe193f754..312c1b7c7 100644
--- a/libraries/defines.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/defines.lib.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 // phpMyAdmin release
 if (!defined('PMA_VERSION')) {
-    define('PMA_VERSION', '2.6.0-dev');
+    define('PMA_VERSION', '2.6.0-alpha1');
 }
 
 // php version
