diff --git a/django_mongodb_backend/__init__.py b/django_mongodb_backend/__init__.py
index 042dc58f6..f8e7e207e 100644
--- a/django_mongodb_backend/__init__.py
+++ b/django_mongodb_backend/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "5.0a1"
+__version__ = "5.0.0a0"
 
 # Check Django compatibility before other imports which may fail if the
 # wrong version of Django is installed.