diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 19f54091..f7f6798a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     'py-evm': [
         # Pin py-evm to exact version, until it leaves alpha.
         # EVM is very high velocity and might change API at each alpha.
-        "py-evm==0.2.0a43",
+        "py-evm==0.3.0a1",
         "eth-hash[pysha3]>=0.1.4,<1.0.0;implementation_name=='cpython'",
         "eth-hash[pycryptodome]>=0.1.4,<1.0.0;implementation_name=='pypy'",
     ],