diff --git a/CEDA/__init__.py b/CEDA/__init__.py
index 4514299..fb28ff7 100644
--- a/CEDA/__init__.py
+++ b/CEDA/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-__version__ = "0.1.9"
+__version__ = "0.1.9a"
 __author__ = "Terence Lau"
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8f515ef..11699ba 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import os
 setup(
     name = "CEDApy",
-    version = "0.1.9",
+    version = "0.1.9a",
     keywords = "quantitative economic data",
     long_description = open(
     os.path.join(