diff --git a/META b/META
index 62120f5bd847c340958ab1b84a4dbddd23e44b44..d338f3eaea23b59d177435926b03743018d90273 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	2
   Micro:        0
   Version:	2.2.0
-  Release:	0.pre2
+  Release:	0.pre3
 ##
 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
 #  with a new SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION signifing the old one and the version