diff --git a/META b/META
index 692d15a50ac347b065513e1a9cabf496f2239bc7..4ec60c89c1e1fdaaba3695546edbca17dfb90172 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	3
   Micro:	0
   Version:	2.3.0
-  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