diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index acdf701d4..71677f0ee 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 OpenBLAS ChangeLog
 ====================================================================
-Version 0.1 (in development)
+Version 0.1 alpha1
 20-Mar-2011
 
 common:
diff --git a/Makefile.rule b/Makefile.rule
index 299d19d43..d622390f4 100644
--- a/Makefile.rule
+++ b/Makefile.rule
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 # This library's version
-VERSION = 0.1
+VERSION = 0.1alpha1
 
 # You can specify the target architecture, otherwise it's
 # automatically detected.