diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6f4eebdf6f68fc72411793cdb19e3f1715b117f3..1f0c638a0bf785fdc0a032a9fe534f4dd2172587 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.1
+0.8.2~dev