diff --git a/libvalkey/version.py b/libvalkey/version.py
index 76ad18b..f8de39b 100644
--- a/libvalkey/version.py
+++ b/libvalkey/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.0.1"
+__version__ = "4.0.2rc1"