diff --git a/META b/META
index 5314a9619d25a90c8ae27b3599c422a385715a5f..692d15a50ac347b065513e1a9cabf496f2239bc7 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   Name:		slurm
   Major:	2
   Minor:	3
-  Micro:        0
+  Micro:	0
   Version:	2.3.0
-  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