diff --git a/lib/VERSION b/lib/VERSION
index 0b373234d65a1fadd115e37b3f3b747764323fd6..e8c4da590faacbd5cd63e12d6fdb91093040762c 100644
--- a/lib/VERSION
+++ b/lib/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION="v0.2.11pre"
+VERSION="v0.3.0pre"