diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91cb1a0f..08dc4461 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This driver uses semantic versioning:
 - A change in the major version (e.g. 1.Y.Z -> 2.0.0) indicates _breaking_
   changes that require changes in your code to upgrade.
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [10.0.0-alpha.0] - 2024-11-28
 
 This is a major release and breaks backwards compatibility.
 
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ For a detailed list of changes between pre-release versions of v7 see the
 
   Graph methods now only return the relevant part of the response body.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v9.2.0...HEAD
+[10.0.0-alpha.0]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v9.2.0...v10.0.0-alpha.0
 [9.2.0]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v9.1.0...v9.2.0
 [9.1.0]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v9.0.0...v9.1.0
 [9.0.0]: https://github.com/arangodb/arangojs/compare/v8.8.1...v9.0.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89e98454..91c62b3a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "name": "arangojs",
-  "version": "9.2.0",
+  "version": "10.0.0-alpha.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
   },