1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dde825f846..d28ddbed6b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=0
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2-dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="15 May 2020"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3