diff --git a/cfxplorer/version.py b/cfxplorer/version.py
index 45f2553..b2e34e6 100644
--- a/cfxplorer/version.py
+++ b/cfxplorer/version.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = "0.0.dev7"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.0b1"  # pragma: no cover