diff --git a/META b/META
index 0892d78a8459ac3af609f023299b04da4cba3e89..d2a3486a42c56c475d913b08e6cdad1e0c25540b 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	1
   Micro:        0
   Version:	2.1.0
-  Release:	0.pre3
+  Release:	0.pre4
 ##
 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
 #  with a new SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION signifing the old one and the version