diff --git a/textblob_de/__init__.py b/textblob_de/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/textblob_de/__init__.py
+++ b/textblob_de/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from textblob_de.taggers import PatternTagger
 from textblob_de.sentiments import PatternAnalyzer
 
-__version__ = '0.1.4'
+__version__ = '0.1.4a1'
 __author__ = 'Markus Killer'
 __license__ = "MIT"
using alpha release versions on dev branch in order for pip install -U to work correctly