diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index f2de5561..2593fbd2 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ Running Ansible 12 + Mitogen will currently print a deprecation warning
 Ansible + Mitogen will still work for now. Mitogen is considering alternatives
 to strategy plugins under :gh:issue:`1278`.
 
+
+v0.3.25a3 (2025-07-02)
+----------------------
+
 * :gh:issue:`1285` CI: use `result_format = yaml` for Ansible test output,
   instead of deprecated `stdout_callback = yaml`
 * :gh:issue:`1293` CI: Fix ``ansible_version`` comparisons when an Ansible
diff --git a/mitogen/__init__.py b/mitogen/__init__.py
index baa59b45..5e0bbe0e 100644
--- a/mitogen/__init__.py
+++ b/mitogen/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ be expected. On the slave, it is built dynamically during startup.
 
 
 #: Library version as a tuple.
-__version__ = (0, 3, 25, 'dev')
+__version__ = (0, 3, 25, 'a3')
 
 
 #: This is :data:`False` in slave contexts. Previously it was used to prevent