diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 77c631e..7ea4821 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "podaac-tig"
-version = "0.9.0-rc.0"
+version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
 description = "Tool for Image Generation (TIG)"
 authors = ["podaac-tva <podaac-tva@jpl.nasa.gov>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"