diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c47e557a..b8877606 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ checksum = "c1db59621ec70f09c5e9b597b220c7a2b43611f4710dc03ceb8748637775692c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-zenoh-flow"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "cargo_toml",
@@ -3375,7 +3375,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zenoh-flow"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-lock",
@@ -3422,7 +3422,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zenoh-flow-daemon"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-ctrlc",
  "async-std",
@@ -3450,7 +3450,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zenoh-flow-derive"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
  "Inflector",
  "async-std",
@@ -3468,7 +3468,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zenoh-flow-plugin"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "async-trait",
@@ -3761,7 +3761,7 @@ checksum = "2a0956f1ba7c7909bfb66c2e9e4124ab6f6482560f6628b5aaeba39207c9aad9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zfctl"
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "base64 0.20.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 78160d94..a9b96306 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ members = [
 
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.4.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.3"
 authors = ["ZettaScale Zenoh Team <zenoh@zettascale.tech>"]
 categories = ["network-programming"]
 description = "Zenoh-Flow: a Zenoh-based data flow programming framework for computations that span from the cloud to the device."
diff --git a/cargo-zenoh-flow/src/templates.rs b/cargo-zenoh-flow/src/templates.rs
index a7475b25..888fde75 100644
--- a/cargo-zenoh-flow/src/templates.rs
+++ b/cargo-zenoh-flow/src/templates.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 use tinytemplate::TinyTemplate;
 
 static CARGO_OPERATOR_TEMPLATE: &str = r#"
-zenoh-flow = \{ version = "=0.4.0-alpha.2"}
+zenoh-flow = \{ version = "=0.4.0-alpha.3"}
 
 [lib]
 name = "{name}"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ outputs=[ \{id ="OUTPUT", type="bytes"}]
 "#;
 
 static CARGO_SOURCE_TEMPLATE: &str = r#"
-zenoh-flow = \{ version = "=0.4.0-alpha.2"}
+zenoh-flow = \{ version = "=0.4.0-alpha.3"}
 async-trait = "0.1"
 
 [lib]
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ outputs=[ \{id ="Data", type="bytes"}]
 "#;
 
 static CARGO_SINK_TEMPLATE: &str = r#"
-zenoh-flow = \{ version = "=0.4.0-alpha.2"}
+zenoh-flow = \{ version = "=0.4.0-alpha.3"}
 async-trait = "0.1"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/zenoh-flow-daemon/Cargo.toml b/zenoh-flow-daemon/Cargo.toml
index 7d0a8880..f5c8a77b 100644
--- a/zenoh-flow-daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zenoh-flow-daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-zenoh-flow = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.2", path = "../zenoh-flow"}
+zenoh-flow = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.3", path = "../zenoh-flow"}
 async-trait = "0.1.50"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
diff --git a/zenoh-flow-plugin/Cargo.toml b/zenoh-flow-plugin/Cargo.toml
index 8cfc4813..2d729877 100644
--- a/zenoh-flow-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zenoh-flow-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ zenoh-collections = { version = "=0.7.0-rc" }
 zenoh-core = { version = "=0.7.0-rc" }
 zenoh-ext = { version = "=0.7.0-rc", features = ["unstable"] }
 zenoh-plugin-trait = { version = "=0.7.0-rc", default-features = false }
-zenoh-flow-daemon = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.2", path = "../zenoh-flow-daemon"}
-zenoh-flow = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.2", path = "../zenoh-flow"}
+zenoh-flow-daemon = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.3", path = "../zenoh-flow-daemon"}
+zenoh-flow = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.3", path = "../zenoh-flow"}
 
 [build-dependencies]
 rustc_version = "0.4"
diff --git a/zenoh-flow/Cargo.toml b/zenoh-flow/Cargo.toml
index 46162229..5cd14447 100644
--- a/zenoh-flow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zenoh-flow/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ uhlc = "0.5.1"
 url = "2.2"
 uuid = { version = "1.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 zenoh = { version = "=0.7.0-rc" }
-zenoh-flow-derive = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.2", path = "../zenoh-flow-derive"}
+zenoh-flow-derive = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.3", path = "../zenoh-flow-derive"}
 zenoh-sync = { version = "=0.7.0-rc" }
 zenoh-util = { version = "=0.7.0-rc" }
 zrpc = { version= "=0.6.1-alpha.1" }
diff --git a/zfctl/Cargo.toml b/zfctl/Cargo.toml
index da241c5c..e9bc649e 100644
--- a/zfctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zfctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.55"
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
 uuid = { version = "1.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 zenoh = { version = "=0.7.0-rc" }
-zenoh-flow = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.2", path = "../zenoh-flow"}
+zenoh-flow = {version = "=0.4.0-alpha.3", path = "../zenoh-flow"}
 zenoh-util = { version = "=0.7.0-rc" }
 zrpc = { version= "=0.6.1-alpha.1" }
 zrpc-macros = { version= "=0.6.1-alpha.1" }