diff --git a/lib/VERSION b/lib/VERSION
index 0cb5487e96081e888d01cf2d62ce631c5ea368a1..cdaac0549981f253cb8e820b81987d067b9b1bfb 100644
--- a/lib/VERSION
+++ b/lib/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION="v0.3.0"
+VERSION="v0.3.1pre"