diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0ccae470fbfe41fbdcdd9243370db8ccf4036eb5..105528e1422f59372dd62c36f7f611da11894b72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson
 dnl Copyright (c) 2007-2012, The Tor Project, Inc.
 dnl See LICENSE for licensing information
 
-AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.4.5-alpha])
+AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.4.5-alpha-dev])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/or/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
diff --git a/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in b/contrib/tor-mingw.nsi.in
index 6cd280d93e113d85d27f40d91b909645ec9e8256..427fa43d003bc824b7d0d538a3b30fb81cbb1c11 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 "0.2.4.5-alpha"
+!define VERSION "0.2.4.5-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 ba859961c2f8328c1d683a3302f7b5df3bdee6a8..e4b2df78a97ee5b83337f3f20e8dae8fdea50e14 100644
--- a/src/win32/orconfig.h
+++ b/src/win32/orconfig.h
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 #define USING_TWOS_COMPLEMENT
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.2.4.5-alpha"
+#define VERSION "0.2.4.5-alpha-dev"