diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 94042408..da38cfa2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "niri"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arrayvec",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8ccaf20c..c82799db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "niri"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.1"
 description = "A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor"
 authors = ["Ivan Molodetskikh <yalterz@gmail.com>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"