Prepare for 4.0 alpha 2

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@openssl.org>
MergeDate: Tue Mar 10 14:24:43 2026
Release: yes

Author: openssl-machine

CHANGES.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 3.6 and 4.0 alpha 1 [10 Mar 2026]
+### Changes between 3.6 and 4.0 [xx XXX xxxx]
 
  * Added `-expected-rpks` option to the `openssl s_client`
    and `openssl s_server` commands.  This makes it possible to specify

NEWS.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 4.0
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.6 and OpenSSL 4.0 alpha 1 [in pre-release]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.6 and OpenSSL 4.0 [under development]
 
 OpenSSL 4.0.0 is a feature release adding significant new functionality
 to OpenSSL.

VERSION.dat

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=4
 MINOR=0
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha1
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2-dev
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE="10 Mar 2026"
+RELEASE_DATE=""
 SHLIB_VERSION=4