diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76658a2f8..539bc132f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.2"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
  "addr 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "base64 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.1"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
- "deltachat 1.0.0-alpha.2",
+ "deltachat 1.0.0-alpha.3",
  "human-panic 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.60 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c6c72668..12a2e462b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.2"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
 authors = ["dignifiedquire <dignifiedquire@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 596a6a84e..f6aac51be 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.1"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["dignifiedquire <dignifiedquire@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index 017a45d3e..a56d6b887 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Constants
 
-pub const DC_VERSION_STR: &'static [u8; 14] = b"1.0.0-alpha.1\x00";
+pub const DC_VERSION_STR: &'static [u8; 14] = b"1.0.0-alpha.3\x00";
 
 pub const DC_MOVE_STATE_MOVING: u32 = 3;
 pub const DC_MOVE_STATE_STAY: u32 = 2;