diff --git a/META b/META
index 2107934ccfd44dee76603895de28873fdfe5db98..ec9c9f47bbebef0be9fffede7f8267ae2e043fba 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	3
   Micro:        0
   Version:	1.3.0
-  Release:	0.pre2
+  Release:	0.pre3
   API_CURRENT:	11	
   API_AGE:	0
   API_REVISION:	0