diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27c0e8d78b..7a61860ab3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 This is a log of major user-visible changes in each phpMyFAQ release.
 
-### phpMyFAQ v4.0.0-alpha.2 - unreleased
+### phpMyFAQ v4.0.0-alpha.2 - 2024-06-01
 
 - changed PHP requirement to PHP 8.2 or later (Thorsten)
 - changed rewrite rules for Apache and nginx as mandatory requirement (Thorsten)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3d50603e9..519783465d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@thorsten/phpmyfaq",
-  "version": "4.0.0-alpha",
+  "version": "4.0.0-alpha.2",
   "description": "phpMyFAQ",
   "repository": "git://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ.git",
   "author": "Thorsten Rinne",
diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index b0773b637e..0bc130b0fc 100644
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 if [ "x${PMF_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
-    PMF_VERSION="4.0.0-alpha"
+    PMF_VERSION="4.0.0-alpha.2"
 fi