diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index 55a41848913..2d4868275d0 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 	Email: \email{docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{5th April 2006}			% XXX update before final release!
+\date{27th April 2006}			% XXX update before final release!
 \input{patchlevel}		% include Python version information
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 2809454bf8e..4f587625945 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	5
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION		"2.5a1"
+#define PY_VERSION		"2.5a2"
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
 #define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION  "$Revision$"
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 8163330a1d9..25e5d40805e 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+What's New in IDLE 1.2a2?
+=========================
+
+*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
+
 What's New in IDLE 1.2a1?
 =========================
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index fbde56c7c76..b7deb3f75c3 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "1.2a1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "1.2a2"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 406d5f36369..28cb4756530 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Python News
 What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 2?
 =================================
 
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2006*
+*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
 
 Core and builtins
 -----------------