diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
index ae600b492..a0500b669 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.h
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#define LIB_VERSION "0.5.2"
-#define SVN_REVISION "Revision "
+#define LIB_VERSION "0.5.2a"
+#define SVN_REVISION "Revision 4550"
 
 namespace RsUtil {
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
index 8b3b2dba7..0efe3a987 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsversion.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#define LIB_VERSION "0.5.2"
+#define LIB_VERSION "0.5.2a"
 #define SVN_REVISION "Revision $WCREV$"
 
 namespace RsUtil {