Prepare for release of 4.0 alpha 1

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@openssl.org>
MergeDate: Tue Mar 10 14:39:43 2026
Release: yes

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c6b1975defb26f7171f6f2bcede6cd75bd380b0d..9a4964d3225ba1b3a3a9339760ede529510998bf 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 alpha 1 [10 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..09038a6311bfe26298044585dba129212285061b 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 alpha 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 def9fedb1cfe5d829882eca8ad41f40684ab09c1..02ebd5aa982967af9fa51632c3624f2e284d1946 100644 (file)
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=4
 MINOR=0
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha1
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="10 Mar 2026"
 SHLIB_VERSION=4