diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 641d46ab0c..df5551c2b2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The Tor Project, Inc.
 dnl See LICENSE for licensing information
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.2.3.6-alpha)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.2.3.6-alpha-dev)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in b/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
index 3316b70371..fceb087dc1 100644
--- a/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
+++ b/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 !include "LogicLib.nsh"
 !include "FileFunc.nsh"
 !insertmacro GetParameters
-!define VERSION "0.2.3.6-alpha"
+!define VERSION "0.2.3.6-alpha-dev"
 !define INSTALLER "tor-${VERSION}-win32.exe"
 !define WEBSITE "https://www.torproject.org/"
 !define LICENSE "LICENSE"
diff --git a/src/win32/orconfig.h b/src/win32/orconfig.h
index df5f2b46fa..a0b66f1470 100644
--- a/src/win32/orconfig.h
+++ b/src/win32/orconfig.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
 #define USING_TWOS_COMPLEMENT
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.2.3.6-alpha"
+#define VERSION "0.2.3.6-alpha-dev"