diff --git a/cassandra/__init__.py b/cassandra/__init__.py
index dadddeff..7d60b6a2 100644
--- a/cassandra/__init__.py
+++ b/cassandra/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
 logging.getLogger('cassandra').addHandler(NullHandler())
 
 
-__version_info__ = (3, 0, '0a1', 'post')
+__version_info__ = (3, 0, '0a2', 'post')
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))