diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6cca730cd9e..495344b12d9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? ????, PHP 8.5.0beta1
-
-- Core:
-  . Fixed bug GH-19305 (Operands may be being released during comparison).
-    (Arnaud)
-
-- Intl:
-  . Fixed bug GH-19307 (PGO builds of shared ext-intl are broken). (cmb)
-
-- Opcache:
-  . Fixed bug GH-19301 (opcache build failure). (Remi)
-
-31 Jul 2025, PHP 8.5.0alpha3
+31 Jul 2025, PHP 8.5.0alpha4
 
 - Core:
   . Add clone-with support to the clone() function. (timwolla, edorian)
   . Fix support for non-userland stream notifiers. (timwolla)
   . Added PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER constant. (timwolla)
+  . Fixed bug GH-19305 (Operands may be being released during comparison).
+    (Arnaud)
 
 - Curl:
   . Add support for CURLINFO_CONN_ID in curl_getinfo() (thecaliskan)
@@ -32,6 +22,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - Intl:
   . Fix return value on failure for resourcebundle count handler. (Girgias)
+  . Fixed bug GH-19307 (PGO builds of shared ext-intl are broken). (cmb)
 
 - OPcache:
   . Disallow changing opcache.memory_consumption when SHM is already set up.
@@ -41,6 +32,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Make OPcache non-optional (Arnaud, timwolla)
   . Fixed bug GH-17422 (OPcache bypasses the user-defined error handler for
     deprecations). (Arnaud, timwolla)
+  . Fixed bug GH-19301 (opcache build failure). (Remi)
 
 - OpenSSL:
   . Add $digest_algo parameter to openssl_public_encrypt() and
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2bd6ae26ce6..f186e7a911a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl Basic autoconf initialization, generation of config.nice.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([PHP],[8.5.0-dev],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
+AC_INIT([PHP],[8.5.0alpha4],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 269397ba11e..3f161479f10 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 8
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 0
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "8.5.0-dev"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "alpha4"
+#define PHP_VERSION "8.5.0alpha4"
 #define PHP_VERSION_ID 80500