Prepare for release of 3.6 beta 1

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Release: yes

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 677c6095a3ae0ffdaf1a0e3884ba450e7b48b0d5..3398bec12ab5f50abcba4b0dda8ce3185ec5261f 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.6
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 3.5 and 3.6 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 3.5 and 3.6 beta 1 [16 Sep 2025]
 
  * Secure memory allocation calls are no longer used for HMAC keys.
 

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8950da4dd6b92ee3d75d6563badb568a561aac21..fdccf5c00d671b9b0ccfcad6e6a8b36d002c9f3e 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.6
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.5 and OpenSSL 3.6 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.5 and OpenSSL 3.6 beta 1 [in pre-release]
 
 This release incorporates the following potentially significant or incompatible
 changes:

diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index 4d1590e47236e1e6e480bece2b9d4e19fccdad86..0f7143640191193b3a91edc9649e9ee03a4bfc45 100644 (file)
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=6
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2-dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=beta1
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="16 Sep 2025"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3