diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index f434bcf3cad4cf043a6a4d26a3af930fbdf1568f..6c554484de81049f471b9beb89cadb5264fa7c99 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ extern "C" {
 /* these lines are grep'd, watch out for our not-so-awesome regex
  * and keep comment above the defines.
  * Use STRINGIFY() rather than defining with quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION         268
-#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      5
+#define BLENDER_VERSION         269
+#define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      0
 /* 262 was the last editmesh release but it has compatibility code for bmesh data */
 #define BLENDER_MINVERSION      262
 #define BLENDER_MINSUBVERSION   0
 
 /* used by packaging tools */
 /* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR   a
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR   
 /* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   alpha
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   release
 
 extern char versionstr[]; /* from blender.c */