diff --git a/CHANGES-3.3 b/CHANGES-3.3
index 2e3911b32..815ef893f 100644
--- a/CHANGES-3.3
+++ b/CHANGES-3.3
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
 ## Modules ##
 
 
+# 3.3.0-alpha6 (2023-11-16)
+
+This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
+ - Adriaan de Groot
+ - Anke Boersma
+
+ This is a hotfix release because -alpha5 didn't compile,
+ and Anke repaired the partition unit-tests when building with Qt6.
+
+
 # 3.3.0-alpha5 (2023-11-13)
 
 This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 589b134a5..b7af98fed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-set(CALAMARES_VERSION 3.3.0)
-set(CALAMARES_RELEASE_MODE OFF) # Set to ON during a release
+set(CALAMARES_VERSION 3.3.0-alpha6)
+set(CALAMARES_RELEASE_MODE ON) # Set to ON during a release
 
 if(CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE)
     include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeModules/ExtendedVersion.cmake)