diff --git a/doc/doc/dev.html b/doc/doc/dev.html
index 59037e76..636045ee 100644
--- a/doc/doc/dev.html
+++ b/doc/doc/dev.html
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ You can also announce the release on popular web sites, like freshmeat.net (xavi
 If you feel like anything is missing or misleading in this release doc, update it as soon as you encounter the problem.
 <h3>15. Merge your modifications back to the trunk if necessary.</h3>
 Modifications on the template files do not need to be merged, but if you had troubles during your release you may want to merge your fixes back to the trunk.
-</textarea>
+<h3>16. Prepare next release</h3>
+Update the file version.properties with the version of the next release so that anyone building from the trunk will obtain jar with the correct version number.</textarea>
 <script type="text/javascript">xooki.postProcess();</script>
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 </html>
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index b83e5f56..b91f9933 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 #	 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #	 * under the License.
 #	 ***************************************************************
-target.ivy.version=2.0.0-alpha-1-incubating
-target.ivy.bundle.version=2.0.0.alpha1
+target.ivy.version=2.0.0-alpha-2-incubating
+target.ivy.bundle.version=2.0.0.alpha2