diff --git a/api/version/version.go b/api/version/version.go
index 622e751322b..af132f821d5 100644
--- a/api/version/version.go
+++ b/api/version/version.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	// MinClusterVersion is the min cluster version this etcd binary is compatible with.
 	MinClusterVersion = "3.0.0"
-	Version           = "3.5.0-pre"
+	Version           = "3.5.0-alpha.0"
 	APIVersion        = "unknown"
 
 	// Git SHA Value will be set during build
diff --git a/client/v2/go.mod b/client/v2/go.mod
index 0c12a87aacb..04abd2cc93b 100644
--- a/client/v2/go.mod
+++ b/client/v2/go.mod
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ go 1.15
 require (
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.10
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-pre
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
 )
 
 replace (
diff --git a/client/v3/go.mod b/client/v3/go.mod
index f0d25b5dba2..520ef2f0e03 100644
--- a/client/v3/go.mod
+++ b/client/v3/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.5.1
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-pre
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.32.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
diff --git a/etcdctl/go.mod b/etcdctl/go.mod
index 382545d1baf..d17940dd4d5 100644
--- a/etcdctl/go.mod
+++ b/etcdctl/go.mod
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.4
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.0-pre
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20200630173020-3af7569d3a1e
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.32.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1a0395d34b4..3a6a4e5a6f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/tests/v3 v3.5.0-pre
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/tests/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20200630173020-3af7569d3a1e
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.32.0
diff --git a/raft/go.mod b/raft/go.mod
index cb9ca17f22c..61c3654e0b2 100644
--- a/raft/go.mod
+++ b/raft/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.5
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-pre
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
 )
 
 // Bad imports are sometimes causing attempts to pull that code.
diff --git a/server/go.mod b/server/go.mod
index 691ee757122..006c15211c6 100644
--- a/server/go.mod
+++ b/server/go.mod
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20200427203606-3cfed13b9966
 	github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.0-pre
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.5.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201002170205-7f63de1d35b0
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index a13d210ddfd..7920b93ed74 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdctl/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.0-pre
-	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.0-pre
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v2 v2.305.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdctl/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
+	go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3 v3.5.0-alpha.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201002170205-7f63de1d35b0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20200630173020-3af7569d3a1e