diff --git a/lib/version.py b/lib/version.py
index 49f41e16..7e5217e9 100644
--- a/lib/version.py
+++ b/lib/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-ELECTRUM_VERSION = "0.59"
+ELECTRUM_VERSION = "0.59a"
 SEED_VERSION = 4  # bump this everytime the seed generation is modified
 TRANSLATION_ID = 27842 # version of the wiki page