diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3.0.0-a1.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3.0.0-a1.yml
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+release_summary: First alpha prerelease of community.docker 3.0.0. This version has several breaking changes and features rewrites of several modules to directly use the API using ``requests``, instead of using the Docker SDK for Python.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
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 namespace: community
 name: docker
-version: 3.0.0
+version: 3.0.0-a1
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible Docker Working Group