diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index c83ededf6f..9df4287a1c 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.0-alpha20230405
\ No newline at end of file
+1.5.0-dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 664e7c1a2e..91298f33fc 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var Version = "1.5.0"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-var Prerelease = "alpha20230405"
+var Prerelease = "dev"
 
 // SemVer is an instance of version.Version. This has the secondary
 // benefit of verifying during tests and init time that our version is a