diff --git a/packages/markitdown-sample-plugin/pyproject.toml b/packages/markitdown-sample-plugin/pyproject.toml
index aaf2012..d8668aa 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown-sample-plugin/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/markitdown-sample-plugin/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "markitdown",
+  "markitdown>=0.0.2a2",
   "striprtf",
 ]
 
diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/__about__.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/__about__.py
index dc5aafc..4ebb498 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/__about__.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/__about__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Adam Fourney <adamfo@microsoft.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "0.0.2a1"
+__version__ = "0.0.2a2"