diff --git a/META b/META
index 39fb6804f035f0c7556382cc1939546db6d48614..c64d665744ca20dc852ebe3515bfb377e23d2e63 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	3
   Micro:        0
   Version:	1.3.0
-  Release:	0.pre8
+  Release:	0.pre9
   API_CURRENT:	11	
   API_AGE:	0
   API_REVISION:	0