diff --git a/ipyvue/_version.py b/ipyvue/_version.py
index e3d1f4d..7c4eb5e 100644
--- a/ipyvue/_version.py
+++ b/ipyvue/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "3.0.0.dev0"
-semver = "3.0.0-dev.0"
+__version__ = "3.0.0.alpha1"
+semver = "3.0.0-alpha.1"
diff --git a/js/package-lock.json b/js/package-lock.json
index 9c6bfe7..fa69b4d 100644
--- a/js/package-lock.json
+++ b/js/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "jupyter-vue",
-  "version": "3.0.0-dev.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "jupyter-vue",
-      "version": "3.0.0-dev.0",
+      "version": "3.0.0-alpha.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@jupyter-widgets/base": "^1 || ^2 || ^3 || ^4 || ^6",
diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index d06ddde..c9131dd 100755
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jupyter-vue",
-  "version": "3.0.0-dev.0",
+  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.1",
   "description": "Jupyter widgets base for Vue libraries",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Mario Buikhuizen, Maarten Breddels",
diff --git a/js/src/ForceLoad.js b/js/src/ForceLoad.js
index 4623487..97fdf3e 100644
--- a/js/src/ForceLoad.js
+++ b/js/src/ForceLoad.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export class ForceLoadModel extends DOMWidgetModel {
             ...{
                 _model_name: 'ForceLoadModel',
                 _model_module: 'jupyter-vue',
-                _model_module_version: '3.0.0-dev.0',
+                _model_module_version: '3.0.0-alpha.1',
             },
         };
     }
diff --git a/js/src/VueComponentModel.js b/js/src/VueComponentModel.js
index 2a47426..80e2182 100644
--- a/js/src/VueComponentModel.js
+++ b/js/src/VueComponentModel.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class VueComponentModel extends DOMWidgetModel {
             ...{
                 _model_name: 'VueComponentModel',
                 _model_module: 'jupyter-vue',
-                _model_module_version: '3.0.0-dev.0',
+                _model_module_version: '3.0.0-alpha.1',
                 name: null,
                 component: null,
             },
diff --git a/js/src/VueModel.js b/js/src/VueModel.js
index 6351c0a..38a6098 100644
--- a/js/src/VueModel.js
+++ b/js/src/VueModel.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ export class VueModel extends DOMWidgetModel {
                 _view_name: 'VueView',
                 _view_module: 'jupyter-vue',
                 _model_module: 'jupyter-vue',
-                _view_module_version: '3.0.0-dev.0',
-                _model_module_version: '3.0.0-dev.0',
+                _view_module_version: '3.0.0-alpha.1',
+                _model_module_version: '3.0.0-alpha.1',
                 _metadata: null,
                 children: undefined,
                 slot: null,
diff --git a/js/src/VueTemplateModel.js b/js/src/VueTemplateModel.js
index faeb697..b87438e 100644
--- a/js/src/VueTemplateModel.js
+++ b/js/src/VueTemplateModel.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ export class VueTemplateModel extends DOMWidgetModel {
                 _view_name: 'VueView',
                 _view_module: 'jupyter-vue',
                 _model_module: 'jupyter-vue',
-                _view_module_version: '3.0.0-dev.0',
-                _model_module_version: '3.0.0-dev.0',
+                _view_module_version: '3.0.0-alpha.1',
+                _model_module_version: '3.0.0-alpha.1',
                 template: null,
                 css: null,
                 methods: null,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52d9f44..bd22b17 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def run(self):
     ],
     extras_require={
         "test": [
-            "solara[pytest] @ https://github.com/widgetti/solara/archive/refs/heads/11-01-feat_support_for_ipyvue_and_ipyvuetify_v3.zip",  # noqa: E501
+            "solara[pytest]",  # noqa: E501
         ],
         "dev": [
             "pre-commit",