diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb4215a..d7863c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "warcio",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.3.0-beta.0",
   "keywords": [
     "WARC",
     "web archiving"