diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 127d30434c..79ac750f4a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires = ["hatchling"]
 
 [project]
 name = "scvi-tools"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.20.0b0"
 description = "Deep probabilistic analysis of single-cell omics data."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"