From 6e6f5502a7e193a307df95609756aa013e5df97f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Fagerlund <nick.fagerlund@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 16:09:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] version: Prepare for 1.9.0-alpha20240501 release

---
 CHANGELOG.md    | 2 +-
 version/VERSION | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 72a11bdf387e..85c8ca2c3a6d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 1.9.0 (Unreleased)
+## 1.9.0-alpha20240501 (May 1, 2024)
 
 ENHANCEMENTS:
 
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index 27167ba29c9f..b62405795716 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.0-alpha
+1.9.0-alpha20240501