diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 1.10.0 (Unreleased)
+## 1.10.0-alpha20241009 (October 9, 2024)
 
 NEW FEATURES:
  - **Ephemeral resources**: Ephemeral resources are read anew during each phase of Terraform evaluation, and cannot be persisted to state storage. Ephemeral resources always produce ephemeral values.
diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
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--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.10.0-beta1
+1.10.0-alpha20241009