diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 850c320cdf..295a925cf5 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (alpha 1)
+Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (alpha 2)
 ==========================================
 
 We are pleased to announce the second alpha release of LyX 2.0.0.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 565dd89ff5..cebba7b271 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 dnl Process with autoconf to generate configure script   -*- sh -*-
 
-AC_INIT(LyX,2.0.0svn,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
+AC_INIT(LyX,2.0.0alpha2,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
 # Use ISO format only. The frontend needs to parse this
-AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["2010-03-15"])
+AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["2010-04-15"])
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.cpp)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])