diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 48372e9c3..dfeed50ac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="forte",
-    version="0.0.1a2",
+    version="0.0.1a3",
     url="https://github.com/asyml/forte",
 
     description="Forte is extensible framework for building composable and "