diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6c7e29f6..73788ec2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.2.0a1
+current_version = 0.3.0a0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 files = tenseal/version.py
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ values =
 	gamma
 
 [bumpversion:part:n]
+
diff --git a/tenseal/version.py b/tenseal/version.py
index bbd912be..01b04d22 100644
--- a/tenseal/version.py
+++ b/tenseal/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.0a1"
+__version__ = "0.3.0a0"