diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 80d9cdf47..f9f5d00c7 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
   <property name="dist.dir" location="build/dist"/>
   <property name="mavendist.dir" location="build/maven-dist"/>
   <property name="jar.name" value="poi"/>
-  <property name="version.id" value="3.0-alpha2"/>
+  <property name="version.id" value="3.0-alpha3"/>
   <property name="halt.on.test.failure" value="true"/>
   <property name="jdk.version.source" value="1.3"
     description="JDK version of source code"/>