diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1da61d7533..40be48a1ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 This is a log of major user-visible changes in each phpMyFAQ release.
 
-### phpMyFAQ v4.1.0-dev - unreleased
+### phpMyFAQ v4.1.0-alpha - unreleased
 
 - added configuration to edit robots.txt (Thorsten)
 - added Symfony Routing for administration backend (Thorsten)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8372870f98..86426030d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@thorsten/phpmyfaq",
-  "version": "4.1.0-dev",
+  "version": "4.1.0-alpha",
   "description": "phpMyFAQ",
   "repository": "git://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ.git",
   "author": "Thorsten Rinne",
diff --git a/phpmyfaq/content/plugins/HelloWorld/HelloWorldPlugin.php b/phpmyfaq/content/plugins/HelloWorld/HelloWorldPlugin.php
index a588de4623..365be7f50b 100644
--- a/phpmyfaq/content/plugins/HelloWorld/HelloWorldPlugin.php
+++ b/phpmyfaq/content/plugins/HelloWorld/HelloWorldPlugin.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function getName(): string
 
     public function getVersion(): string
     {
-        return '0.2.0';
+        return '0.1.0';
     }
 
     public function getDependencies(): array
diff --git a/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/System.php b/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/System.php
index 7241a6ce19..597e9c47b0 100644
--- a/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/System.php
+++ b/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/System.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class System
     /**
      * Pre-release version.
      */
-    private const VERSION_PRE_RELEASE = 'dev';
+    private const VERSION_PRE_RELEASE = 'alpha';
 
     /**
      * API version.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class System
     /**
      * Plugin version.
      */
-    private const PLUGIN_VERSION = '0.2.0';
+    private const PLUGIN_VERSION = '0.1.0';
 
     /**
      * Minimum required PHP version.
diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index a767135951..691727d9f0 100644
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Check if PMF_VERSION is not set or empty
 if [ -z "${PMF_VERSION}" ]; then
-    PMF_VERSION="4.1.0-dev"
+    PMF_VERSION="4.1.0-alpha"
 fi