diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index d9117764cc..21d5da345f 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-5.x
-===
+5.0.0-alpha.2 / 2015-07-06
+==========================
 
-This incorporates all changes after 4.10.1 up to 4.13.1.
+This is the second Express 5.0 alpha release, based off 4.13.1 and includes
+changes from 5.0.0-alpha.1.
 
   * remove:
     - `app.param(fn)`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 22a75e29ff..ab4c50b110 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "express",
   "description": "Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework",
-  "version": "5.0.0-alpha.1",
+  "version": "5.0.0-alpha.2",
   "author": "TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>",
   "contributors": [
     "Aaron Heckmann <aaron.heckmann+github@gmail.com>",