diff --git a/cassandra/__init__.py b/cassandra/__init__.py
index 1f69ec40..8b4ea796 100644
--- a/cassandra/__init__.py
+++ b/cassandra/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
 logging.getLogger('cassandra').addHandler(NullHandler())
 
 
-__version_info__ = (1, 0, '0')
+__version_info__ = (1, 0, 0, 'post')
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))