diff --git a/smdebug/_version.py b/smdebug/_version.py
index a34b2f6b0..793c25142 100644
--- a/smdebug/_version.py
+++ b/smdebug/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.7"
+__version__ = "0.5a"