diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6139450a..67dcd73f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.8.0"
+  ".": "0.0.1-alpha.0"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04c14dad..70ffb73d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mux/mux-node",
-  "version": "8.8.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1-alpha.0",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Mux API",
   "author": "Mux <devex@mux.com>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 8881680f..f46b7e6e 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ node scripts/utils/postprocess-files.cjs
 (cd dist && node -e 'require("@mux/mux-node")')
 (cd dist && node -e 'import("@mux/mux-node")' --input-type=module)
 
-if command -v deno &> /dev/null && [ -e ./scripts/build-deno ]
+if [ -e ./scripts/build-deno ]
 then
   ./scripts/build-deno
 fi
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 1eaae8e0..db692bc9 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '8.8.0'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '0.0.1-alpha.0'; // x-release-please-version