diff --git a/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py b/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py
index fa67ccb..a365900 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown-mcp/src/markitdown_mcp/__about__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-present Adam Fourney <adamfo@microsoft.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "0.0.1a2"
+__version__ = "0.0.1a3"