diff --git a/lib/bootstrap.php b/lib/bootstrap.php
index 4340474a82baf1175c0dea76253bdcd86e482887..3230562e9c5d764bd24c8f84fea3dadcd45132ee 100644
--- a/lib/bootstrap.php
+++ b/lib/bootstrap.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 const DEFAULT_ENV = 'production';
 
 //software version - please leave it as it is!
-$SOFTWARE_VERSION = explode(' ', trim(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../VERSION')), 2)[1];
+$SOFTWARE_VERSION = '5.0.alpha-svn';
 
 // Store startup time
 $STUDIP_STARTUP_TIME = microtime(true);