diff --git a/ovos_core/version.py b/ovos_core/version.py
index 5f215f6bb69..a2f3490587f 100644
--- a/ovos_core/version.py
+++ b/ovos_core/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 1
 VERSION_BUILD = 1
-VERSION_ALPHA = 1
+VERSION_ALPHA = 2
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK
 
 # for compat with old imports