diff --git a/META b/META
index d5081970ef376f282be85b4163ae0226a272e579..774680ff33505f3db1ecda49f6014e98a6319fc7 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	3
   Micro:        0
   Version:	1.3.0
-  Release:	0-pre1
+  Release:	0.pre1
   API_CURRENT:	11	
   API_AGE:	0
   API_REVISION:	0