diff --git a/nbxmpp/__init__.py b/nbxmpp/__init__.py
index bb589bd7b03f55ec21a5db3aadc509bedbc9d6e1..a801c8cc659380df97007a655b55451bf339d474 100644
--- a/nbxmpp/__init__.py
+++ b/nbxmpp/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ from .protocol import *
 
 gi.require_version('Soup', '2.4')
 
-__version__ = "1.99.0"
+__version__ = "3.0.0-dev1"