diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f02282d1..14cac296 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ MAINTAINER_EMAIL    = 'stefan@sun.ac.za'
 URL                 = 'http://stefanv.github.com/scikits.image'
 LICENSE             = 'Modified BSD'
 DOWNLOAD_URL        = 'http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image'
-VERSION             = '0.2.2'
+VERSION             = '0.3dev'
 
 import os
 import setuptools