diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 9d9a7c012f9..2122a7948d1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ Created as part of the release process.
 + Alan Velasco
 + Alex Bancroft
 + Alex Schmitt
++ Alexander Heldt
 + Alexander Johnson
 + Alexander Kuhn-Regnier
++ Alexandre Viau
 + Alexey Tereshenkov
 + Alisha Parveen
 + Andreas Stenius
diff --git a/src/python/pants/VERSION b/src/python/pants/VERSION
index 4083ca9b093..5f2c5848fd1 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/VERSION
+++ b/src/python/pants/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.24.0.dev2
+2.24.0.dev3