diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2a3b9ee127..a2fb34b2df 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.0-alpha
+5.0.0-alpha-20201224
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d67d808abf..66beef03e5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 
 # Define date of package, etc. Could be useful in auto-generated
 # documentation.
-PACKAGE_YEAR=2018
-PACKAGE_DATE="10/29"
+PACKAGE_YEAR=2020
+PACKAGE_DATE="12/24"
 
 abs_top_srcdir=`AS_DIRNAME([$0])`