diff --git a/src/jukebox/jukebox/version.py b/src/jukebox/jukebox/version.py
index 65ccc87c0..a7f37c5e6 100644
--- a/src/jukebox/jukebox/version.py
+++ b/src/jukebox/jukebox/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 VERSION_MAJOR = 3
-VERSION_MINOR = 5
+VERSION_MINOR = 6
 VERSION_PATCH = 0
-VERSION_EXTRA = ""
+VERSION_EXTRA = "alpha"
 
 # build a version string in compliance with the SemVer specification
 # https://semver.org/#semantic-versioning-specification-semver