diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f976394a7..c0c9c9043 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace 0.3.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "base64 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
 dependencies = [
- "deltachat 1.0.0-alpha.3",
+ "deltachat 1.0.0-alpha.4",
  "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)",
  "num-traits 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2e6b1139c..36ae398fa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
 authors = ["dignifiedquire <dignifiedquire@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index ad4a79228..496489791 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["dignifiedquire <dignifiedquire@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@ default = ["vendored", "nightly", "ringbuf"]
 vendored = ["deltachat/vendored"]
 nightly = ["deltachat/nightly"]
 ringbuf = ["deltachat/ringbuf"]
-