diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1a030947e832763db761663d9f3e5acb42a7bff8..9769b1257e3edd7a82d9957112e22d7bdb7ec672 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.9
+0.2.0rc1