diff --git a/aegir.make b/aegir.make
index be947a648ba47ffe4da8ea7a841f1f63f0bf050c..0ebc1998f4d91c52317d8b9bbb6ec326738334d6 100644
--- a/aegir.make
+++ b/aegir.make
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ core = 6.x
 projects[] = "drupal"
 
 projects[hostmaster][type] = "profile"
-projects[hostmaster][download][type] = "git"
-projects[hostmaster][download][url] = "git://git.aegirproject.org/hostmaster.git"
-projects[hostmaster][download][branch] = "master"
+projects[hostmaster][download][type]  = "get"
+projects[hostmaster][download][url] = "http://files.aegirproject.org/hostmaster-0.4-alpha12.tgz"
+projects[hostmaster][download][directory_name] = "hostmaster"
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.txt b/docs/INSTALL.txt
index 9e1dc853b0bc1b6d5df17983436d0842d3299a34..30cd84db2165cd7d0cb867c68b9aa53c3336e31c 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.txt
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ preparing the backend and frontend install for you. That script needs to be run
 as the aegir user created above.  This file is available in Provision or can be 
 downloaded through the web at:
 
-http://git.aegirproject.org/?p=provision.git;a=blob_plain;f=install.sh.txt;hb=HEAD
+http://git.aegirproject.org/?p=provision.git;a=blob_plain;f=install.sh.txt;hb=provision-0.4-alpha12
 
 By default, the install script will install the "correct" version of Aegir
 (ie. if it was downloaded through git, it will install the version from the
diff --git a/docs/UPGRADE.txt b/docs/UPGRADE.txt
index 3d98dbecb3fb0e9e523aaa3430a1d9096e766933..737f86a9748ff481bad8fffa102eb4bdccbeef70 100644
--- a/docs/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/docs/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ you are reading this document.
 
 Shell commands::
 
-  export AEGIR_VERSION=HEAD
+  export AEGIR_VERSION=0.4-alpha12
   export DRUPAL_DIR=/var/aegir/hostmaster-$AEGIR_VERSION
   export DRUSH_VERSION=6.x-3.3
   export DRUSH_MAKE_VERSION=6.x-2.0-beta8
   export AEGIR_DOMAIN=aegir.example.com
-  export OLD_DRUPAL_DIR=/var/aegir/hostmaster-0.4-alpha9
+  export OLD_DRUPAL_DIR=/var/aegir/hostmaster-0.4-alpha11
 
 This document also assumes drush is installed properly and we use an
 environment variable to simplify the documentation again.
diff --git a/install.sh.txt b/install.sh.txt
index a66e67e1d8641b7b1c5dc0d6fee413be91d6456e..ba7464442d4b0cfa2bc502d719dcdf71f7d41b31 100644
--- a/install.sh.txt
+++ b/install.sh.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #
 ########################################################################
 # basic variables, change before release
-AEGIR_VERSION="HEAD"
+AEGIR_VERSION="0.4-alpha12"
 DRUSH_VERSION=6.x-3.3
 
 # when adding a variable here, add it to the display below