diff --git a/rasa_nlu/version.py b/rasa_nlu/version.py
index 512f7c18c498..484d88c2f4f2 100644
--- a/rasa_nlu/version.py
+++ b/rasa_nlu/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__version__ = '0.12.0a2'
+__version__ = '0.12.0a3'