diff --git a/dabapush/__init__.py b/dabapush/__init__.py
index d32121a..e1c29cf 100644
--- a/dabapush/__init__.py
+++ b/dabapush/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Database pusher and version control for social media data – early-alpha version
 
-Version: 0.4.0-alpha2, date: 2023/03/19
+Version: 0.4.0-alpha3, date: 2023/03/19
 
 
 ![PyPI - Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/dabapush)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0-alpha2"
+__version__ = "0.4.0-alpha3"
 
 from .Reader import (
     NDJSONReaderConfiguration,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 030edb4..338a5db 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dabapush"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha2"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha3"
 description = ""
 authors = [
 	"Philipp Kessling <p.kessling@leibniz-hbi.de>",
diff --git a/tests/test_package.py b/tests/test_package.py
index 34e1f77..71a5d38 100644
--- a/tests/test_package.py
+++ b/tests/test_package.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 def test_version():
     """Should be the current version number."""
-    assert __version__ == "0.4.0-alpha2"
+    assert __version__ == "0.4.0-alpha3"
 
 
 def test_version_type():