diff --git a/CHANGES-3.3 b/CHANGES-3.3
index 391c62dc8..ab469b73a 100644
--- a/CHANGES-3.3
+++ b/CHANGES-3.3
@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ contributors are listed. Note that Calamares does not have a historical
 changelog -- this log starts with version 3.3.0. See CHANGES-3.2 for
 the history of the 3.2 series (2018-05 - 2022-08).
 
-# 3.3.0 (unreleased)
+# 3.3.0-alpha4 (unreleased)
 
-The very first we-will-call-it-3.3 release! One of the big changes is that
+Another closing-in-on-3.3.0 release! One of the big changes is that
 Calamares -- the core and nearly all of the modules in this repository --
-are compatible with Qt6.
+are compatible with Qt6. That is, it compiles. Functionality has not
+been tested, but early-testing distributions are encouraged to submit
+pull requests to improve the code.
 
 This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
  - Adriaan de Groot
  - Anke Boersma
+ - Evan James
  - Hector Martin
  - Ivan Borzenkov
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7aa1f3060..297028858 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-set(CALAMARES_VERSION 3.3.0)
+set(CALAMARES_VERSION 3.3.0-alpha4)
 set(CALAMARES_RELEASE_MODE OFF) # Set to ON during a release
 
 if(CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE)