diff --git a/proso/release.py b/proso/release.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/proso/release.py
+++ b/proso/release.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
+VERSION = '1.0.0-m3'
release a new version <I>-m3