diff --git a/packages/ddp/package.js b/packages/ddp/package.js
index 287f90ade8..c2db126a9b 100644
--- a/packages/ddp/package.js
+++ b/packages/ddp/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meteor's latency-compensated distributed data framework",
-  version: '1.2.5'
+  version: '1.3.0-alpha.5'
 });
 
 Package.onUse(function (api) {