diff --git a/ArduPlane/ArduPlane.pde b/ArduPlane/ArduPlane.pde
index d29385c69d2092c1da60b287bb952c7c112e59f4..3c50743d16567a01f91521434cf86b521068ad8b 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/ArduPlane.pde
+++ b/ArduPlane/ArduPlane.pde
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// -*- tab-width: 4; Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
 
-#define THISFIRMWARE "ArduPlane V2.26"
+#define THISFIRMWARE "ArduPlane V2.27 Alpha"
 /*
 Authors:    Doug Weibel, Jose Julio, Jordi Munoz, Jason Short
 Thanks to:  Chris Anderson, HappyKillMore, Bill Premerlani, James Cohen, JB from rotorFX, Automatik, Fefenin, Peter Meister, Remzibi