diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 636299d3f7a..0d1ade77911 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.0x"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.0a1"