diff --git a/META b/META
index bc3e3dfef23f2d5b54a9bffbf00b32b888b9cfed..c5d47105383ffec78392fd081a7e764d669ff99d 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   Name:		slurm
   Major:	1
   Minor:	2
-  Micro:        12
+  Micro:        0-pre1
   Version:	1.2.12
-  Release:	1
+  Release:	0-pre1
   API_CURRENT:	11	
   API_AGE:	0
   API_REVISION:	0