diff --git a/docarray/__init__.py b/docarray/__init__.py
index a7b9de0fc9a..20f1af1dbc7 100644
--- a/docarray/__init__.py
+++ b/docarray/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.30.a3'
+__version__ = '0.30.0a3'
 
 from docarray.array.array.array import DocumentArray
 from docarray.base_document.document import BaseDocument
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56e91515013..577f093f08e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docarray"
-version = '0.30.a3'
+version = '0.30.0a3'
 description='The data structure for unstructured data'
 authors=['DocArray']
 license='Apache 2.0'