diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index abd410582dea1b6dcb53bcfd93921df71212b778..fbc5196ba0e1bcf867b1270eeae0c530a122f4f8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.4
+0.3.0-rc1