diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index 10e9611f..dfb467d4 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-http"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.0-alpha"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Actix http primitives"
 readme = "README.md"