diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b60ea97..1948316 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 builtins._ASTROPY_PACKAGE_NAME_ = PACKAGENAME
 
 # VERSION should be PEP440 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440)
-VERSION = metadata.get('version', '0.1.dev0')
+VERSION = metadata.get('version', '0.2.dev0')
 
 # Indicates if this version is a release version
 RELEASE = 'dev' not in VERSION