diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f537c0467..e4a20f759 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ if(NOT EXISTS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/xml/codegen.pl OR NOT EXISTS ${dfhack
 endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
-set(DF_VERSION "0.44.12")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r3")
-set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
+set(DF_VERSION "0.47.01")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha0")
+set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
 
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index 4053321b2..ed81dd8f5 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4053321b202a29f667d64d824ba8339ec1b1df4f
+Subproject commit ed81dd8f55929a62302140c8b1233ea5b7867e11