Prepare for release of 4.0 beta 1

Reviewed-by: Saša Nedvědický <sashan@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.foundation>
MergeDate: Tue Mar 24 15:13:45 2026
Release: yes

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c6b1975defb26f7171f6f2bcede6cd75bd380b0d..09a7e3e58c46712521774a7b49d5b944adb0b621 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 3.6 and 4.0 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 3.6 and 4.0 beta 1 [24 Mar 2026]
 
  * Added `-expected-rpks` option to the `openssl s_client`
    and `openssl s_server` commands.  This makes it possible to specify

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 296b04b3b48dfca164e1bc26d10335f227b5c98c..5e0858733d93cea32074eded7bb3c02257c34ba1 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 4.0
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.6 and OpenSSL 4.0 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.6 and OpenSSL 4.0 beta 1 [in pre-release]
 
 OpenSSL 4.0.0 is a feature release adding significant new functionality
 to OpenSSL.

diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index 02aabe92e212bf9f2fe08801e961fb3eff9d86e4..5547cbb8325b78ea7b23e38a40a1b733fe857674 100644 (file)
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=4
 MINOR=0
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2-dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=beta1
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="24 Mar 2026"
 SHLIB_VERSION=4