diff --git a/META b/META
index d2a3486a42c56c475d913b08e6cdad1e0c25540b..87d08dcdde323974279477d841700242f7bd6a1b 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	1
   Micro:        0
   Version:	2.1.0
-  Release:	0.pre4
+  Release:	0.pre5
 ##
 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
 #  with a new SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION signifing the old one and the version