diff --git a/t3lib/config_default.php b/t3lib/config_default.php
index 506d57b18ad801a4c821ad2d05de87aed387d01a..f7dfcb834b7ffcccd5f676d4eb6b0f113c325f5d 100644
--- a/t3lib/config_default.php
+++ b/t3lib/config_default.php
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ $TYPO3_CONF_VARS = array(
 $T3_VAR = array();	// Initialize.
 
 	// TYPO3 version
-$TYPO_VERSION = '4.5.0rc1';	// deprecated: use the constants defined below
+$TYPO_VERSION = '4.5-dev';	// deprecated: use the constants defined below
 define('TYPO3_version', $TYPO_VERSION);
 define('TYPO3_branch', '4.5');
 define('TYPO3_copyright_year', '1998-2011');