diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name='py3status',
-    version='3.0',
+    version='3.1_rc',
     author='Ultrabug',
     author_email='ultrabug@ultrabug.net',
     description='py3status: an extensible i3status wrapper written in python',
version <I>_rc from here