diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c0540441..1e377386 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pymol =
 
 [versioneer]
 VCS = git
-style = pep440
+style = pep440-pre
 versionfile_source = pyhdx/_version.py
 versionfile_build = pyhdx/_version.py
 tag_prefix = ''