diff --git a/lib/pytest-lsp/hatch.toml b/lib/pytest-lsp/hatch.toml
index 24d59a2..1b94a8c 100644
--- a/lib/pytest-lsp/hatch.toml
+++ b/lib/pytest-lsp/hatch.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ packages = ["pytest_lsp"]
 dependencies = ["pytest-asyncio"]
 
 [[envs.hatch-test.matrix]]
-python = ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+python = ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 pytest = ["7", "8"]
 
 [envs.hatch-test.overrides]
diff --git a/lib/pytest-lsp/pytest_lsp/client.py b/lib/pytest-lsp/pytest_lsp/client.py
index b697ed9..a6fe534 100644
--- a/lib/pytest-lsp/pytest_lsp/client.py
+++ b/lib/pytest-lsp/pytest_lsp/client.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     from typing import Any
 
 
-__version__ = "0.4.2"
+__version__ = "1.0.0b0"
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/make_release.py b/scripts/make_release.py
index 6dcdf0f..01b47e2 100755
--- a/scripts/make_release.py
+++ b/scripts/make_release.py
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ class Component(TypedDict):
     for c in [
         Component(
             name="pytest-lsp",
-            bump_breaking="major",
-            bump_minor="minor",
-            bump_patch="patch",
+            # Everything is a beta version bump until we make a proper release
+            bump_breaking="b",
+            bump_minor="b",
+            bump_patch="b",
             commit_prefix="pytest-lsp v",
             src="lib/pytest-lsp",
             tag_prefix="pytest-lsp-v",