diff --git a/metrontagger/__init__.py b/metrontagger/__init__.py
index 792677b..7995b23 100644
--- a/metrontagger/__init__.py
+++ b/metrontagger/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Projects version information used in setup.py."""
 
-__version__ = "3.0.2"
+__version__ = "3.1.0rc1"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c86ac76..da712ed 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "metron-tagger",
-  "version": "3.0.2",
+  "version": "3.1.0-rc1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
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-      "version": "3.0.2",
+      "version": "3.1.0-rc1",
       "devDependencies": {
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4a2f58..a077895 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "3.0.2",
+  "version": "3.1.0-rc1",
   "description": "metron-tagger linting",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index b3ceb9c..9018f7a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -372,13 +372,13 @@ typing = ["typing-extensions (>=4.12.2)"]
 
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+version = "2.6.3"
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 python-versions = ">=3.9"
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 [[package]]
@@ -1467,13 +1497,13 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "virtualenv"
-version = "20.27.1"
+version = "20.28.0"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
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 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8184adb..f44f98f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "metron-tagger"
-version = "3.0.2"
+version = "3.1.0rc1"
 description = "A program to write metadata from metron.cloud to a comic archive"
 authors = ["Brian Pepple <bpepple@metron.cloud>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"