diff --git a/edgedb/_version.py b/edgedb/_version.py
index 48d984f4..e8168930 100644
--- a/edgedb/_version.py
+++ b/edgedb/_version.py
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
 # supported platforms, publish the packages on PyPI, merge the PR
 # to the target branch, create a Git tag pointing to the commit.
 
-__version__ = '2.2.0'
+__version__ = '3.0.0b1'