diff --git a/META b/META
index 8421dbec302af693a2ec73539295b95795f61db0..cf1ca2f2b64563a65642de94ddbf1d342039c467 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   Name:		slurm
   Major:	0
   Minor:	5
-  Micro:        0-pre1
-  Version:	0.5.0-pre1
+  Micro:        0.pre1
+  Version:	0.5.0.pre1
   Release:	1
   API_CURRENT:	7	
   API_AGE:	4