diff --git a/MySQLdb/CHANGELOG b/MySQLdb/CHANGELOG
index c588c6a..9f446f1 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/CHANGELOG
+++ b/MySQLdb/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
+0.9.3a2
+
+  * Removed some casts in _mysql_init() that caused problems with
+    Python 2.3. The type for tp_free was changed from destructor
+    to freefunc. Removing the casts make both 2.2 and 2.3 happy.
+
 0.9.3a1
 
+  * Fixed the bug that prevented member access.
+
   * Embedded server support. Can't get it use InnoDB tables yet.
     However, MyISAM (default) tables seem to work fine.
 
diff --git a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
index 79389b1..0462c48 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ version_info = (
     9,
     3,
     "alpha",
-    1)
+    2)
 if version_info[3] == "final": __version__ = "%d.%d.%d" % version_info[:3]
 else: __version__ = "%d.%d.%d%1.1s%d" % version_info[:5]
 
diff --git a/MySQLdb/setup.py b/MySQLdb/setup.py
index e7586b9..caaeeeb 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/setup.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ embedded_server = (mysqlclient == 'mysqld')
 name = "MySQL-%s" % os.path.basename(sys.executable)
 if embedded_server:
     name = name + "-embedded"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.9.3a2"
 
 # include files and library locations should cover most platforms
 include_dirs = [