diff --git a/META b/META
index 67179b11d39dc4b1e98d93ebacdacb82631b692f..4d43de8d57168ec21aa956411f420bb1641b42e5 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	4
   Micro:	0
   Version:	2.4.0
-  Release:	0.pre1
+  Release:	0.pre2
 ##
 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
 #  with a new SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION signifing the old one and the version