diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 73ef459fda4..93e4e0cb276 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	7
 #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      	"3.7.0a1+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.7.0a2"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 201af0ffeb4..a660fcb9ec2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.7.0 alpha 1
+This is Python version 3.7.0 alpha 2
 ====================================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=master