diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b8bc20cd..a96d3dc2 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PlatformIO Core 5
 5.0.3 (2020-??-??)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* Generate a working "projectEnvName" for PlatformIO IDE's debugger for VSCode
+- Generate a working "projectEnvName" for PlatformIO IDE's debugger for VSCode
 
 5.0.2 (2020-10-30)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 55813e69..7a3a863a 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (5, 0, 2)
+VERSION = (5, 0, "3a1")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"