diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a2fb34b2df..5485954e05 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.0-alpha-20201224
+5.0.0-alpha-20201231
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 66beef03e5..31b22259b8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects])
 # Define date of package, etc. Could be useful in auto-generated
 # documentation.
 PACKAGE_YEAR=2020
-PACKAGE_DATE="12/24"
+PACKAGE_DATE="12/31"
 
 abs_top_srcdir=`AS_DIRNAME([$0])`