diff --git a/META b/META
index a8419cc8ddcf0bad31442ea63a2e32f2b01aabe4..adfc74e9c85252aeb52ec624a9936bad224388e8 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	4
   Micro:        0
   Version:	1.4.0
-  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