diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index c5a5c134cdf..f735af8b24c 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extern "C" {
 		/* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
 #define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR	
 		/* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE	release
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE	alpha
 
 extern char versionstr[]; /* from blender.c */