diff --git a/ecrire/inc_version.php3 b/ecrire/inc_version.php3
index 90aa94f180b82fbd795015be5c2b7aa485293242..799d6e61f4aa171d9e1ebdf8f4bc3b2dc40eed8e 100644
--- a/ecrire/inc_version.php3
+++ b/ecrire/inc_version.php3
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ if ($flag_ecrire) {
 $spip_version = 1.733;
 
 // version de spip
-$spip_version_affichee = "1.8 alpha 1 CVS";
+$spip_version_affichee = "1.8 alpha 2 CVS";
 
 // version de spip / tag cvs
 if (ereg('Name: v(.*) ','$Name$', $regs)) $spip_version_affichee = $regs[1];