diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e0516d..8c47c3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ To install:
 ```shell
 git clone https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac
 cd stac-fastapi-pgstac
-pip install -e ".[dev,server,docs]"
+python -m pip install -e ".[dev,server,docs]"
 ```
 
 To test:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fad066f..a6f4248 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.0
\ No newline at end of file
+3.0.0a1
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py b/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
index 3cb583d..ee78e93 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/pgstac/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """library version."""
 
-__version__ = "3.0.0a0"
+__version__ = "3.0.0a1"