diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ee71f60..b3e1a61 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="stave",
-    version="0.0.2",
+    version="0.0.2.dev1",
     url="https://github.com/asyml/stave",
 
     description="Stave is a fast, lightweight, extensible web-based text "