diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index f0b6898511ce1..aad65d78e58e3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.2
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 3.1 and 3.2 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 3.1 and 3.2 alpha 2 [28 Sep 2023]
 
  * Changed the default salt length used by PBES2 KDF's (PBKDF2 and scrypt)
    from 8 bytes to 16 bytes.
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d0312961dfdc8..e326020c89fb4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.2
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.1 and OpenSSL 3.2 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.1 and OpenSSL 3.2 alpha 2 [in pre-release]
 
   * Added client side support for QUIC.
   * Added multiple tutorials on the OpenSSL library and in particular
diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index 584de32867eb5..72674dea692d5 100644
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=2
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2-dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha2
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="28 Sep 2023"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3