diff --git a/META b/META
index 497ef0db6b7aeee62a3313cb912a26b5030d47d4..8f83b8627b526e517ff531f2214049129ede150a 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   Minor:	02
   Micro:	0
   Version:	17.02.0
-  Release:	0pre2
+  Release:	0pre3
 
 # Include leading zero for all pre-releases