diff --git a/sundial/__init__.py b/sundial/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/sundial/__init__.py
+++ b/sundial/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ from sundial.versioning import get_version
 
 __all__ = ['VERSION', '__version__']
 
-VERSION = (1, 0, 1, 'final', 0)
+VERSION = (1, 0, 2, 'alpha', 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)
Bumped version number to <I> alpha.