diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 0d1ade77911..d6c541db630 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.0a1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.0a2"