diff --git a/cmd/abc/appbase_version.go b/cmd/abc/appbase_version.go
index eb7d625b3df7183e7978219f6e33c4f60e1ed227..a6f90edffdea8a203eb2193fcca7ad1bce378b38 100644
--- a/cmd/abc/appbase_version.go
+++ b/cmd/abc/appbase_version.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/appbaseio/abc/imports"
 )
 
-var version = "0.11.0"
+var version = "1.0.0-alpha.0"
 var variant = imports.BuildName
 
 // runVersion runs the logout command