diff --git a/openslides/__init__.py b/openslides/__init__.py
index 49a6a1143..e52f07b5f 100644
--- a/openslides/__init__.py
+++ b/openslides/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     :license: GNU GPL, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
-VERSION = (1, 2, 0, 'beta', 2)
+VERSION = (1, 2, 0, 'alpha', 0)
 
 def get_version(version=None):
     """Derives a PEP386-compliant version number from VERSION."""