diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d098f44e..08f6761d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Major changes in 48.alpha:
+Major changes in 48.alpha2:
 * Many design improvements to the event editor dialog, such as a rearranged
   all-day / timed selection, moving the event calendar to a row, and more.
 * Show a banner in the event editor when the calendar is read-only
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 74406900..d82f0e28 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'gnome-calendar',
                'c',
-           version: '47.1',
+           version: '48.alpha2',
            license: 'GPL3+',
      meson_version: '>= 0.58.0'
 )
diff --git a/src/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.metainfo.xml.in.in b/src/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.metainfo.xml.in.in
index b73b0576..052943cd 100644
--- a/src/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.metainfo.xml.in.in
+++ b/src/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.metainfo.xml.in.in
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 
   <releases>
 
+    <release date="2025-01-13" version="48~alpha2" type="development" />
     <release date="2025-01-13" version="48~alpha" type="development" />
 
     <release date="2024-09-16" version="47.0" type="stable">