diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index e41f5e748e86684fa7ecc4753ee834a100da6aa3..8053ae93a5e4b5397f71e1fd2bc66caa70bd18ec 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12_dev0
+12_alpha1