diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 332b90746..9a5aa7129 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ if (NOT EXISTS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/xml/codegen.pl OR NOT EXISTS ${dfhac
 endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
-set(DF_VERSION "0.44.11")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "beta2.1")
+set(DF_VERSION "0.44.12")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha0")
 set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")