diff --git a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
index 07373a13fc7..3e0b99aa47d 100644
--- a/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
+++ b/Maintenance/release_building/public_release_name
@@ -1 +1 @@
-CGAL-4.8-dev
+CGAL-4.8-alpha1