diff --git a/src/blp/__init__.py b/src/blp/__init__.py
index f102a9c..b86ae90 100644
--- a/src/blp/__init__.py
+++ b/src/blp/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.1"
+__version__ = "0.0.1-alpha"