diff --git a/version.inc b/version.inc
index 5e6e8499a0..81c5d61fb0 100644
--- a/version.inc
+++ b/version.inc
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ if(NOT DEFINED BBL_RELEASE_TO_PUBLIC)
 set(BBL_RELEASE_TO_PUBLIC "1")
 endif()
 if(NOT DEFINED BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING)
-set(BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING "1")
+set(BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING "0")
 endif()
-set(SoftFever_VERSION "1.9.0-dev")
+set(SoftFever_VERSION "1.9.0-alpha")
 string(REGEX MATCH "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)"
        SoftFever_VERSION_MATCH ${SoftFever_VERSION})
 set(ORCA_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})