diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index 8f60ea812..9c2e2a3bb 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "19.2"
+__version__ = "19.3.dev0"