diff --git a/readme.html b/readme.html
index 8e42f6ec2b..20971e7f83 100644
--- a/readme.html
+++ b/readme.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <body>
 <h1 id="logo">
 	<a href="https://wordpress.org/"><img alt="WordPress" src="wp-admin/images/wordpress-logo.png" /></a>
-	<br /> Version 4.4.4
+	<br /> Version 4.4.5
 </h1>
 <p style="text-align: center">Semantic Personal Publishing Platform</p>
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index cc0275a526..3bee0371b3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4.4';
+$wp_version = '4.4.5-alpha';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
