diff --git a/Python/getcopyright.c b/Python/getcopyright.c
index ba977f6d880..2df7d2789d6 100644
--- a/Python/getcopyright.c
+++ b/Python/getcopyright.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 static char cprt[] = 
 "\
-Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Python Software Foundation.\n\
+Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Python Software Foundation.\n\
 All Rights Reserved.\n\
 \n\
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.\n\
diff --git a/README b/README
index 334e2861b7a..a696738be09 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-This is Python version 2.4 alpha 3
+This is Python version 2.5 alpha 0
 ==================================
 
-Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Python Software Foundation.
+Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.