diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ee1372d33a29e27945406f0527f8af8e6ee119c9..43bd984f59514b1e656a22c9de87649cbfdc4354 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.2
+0.2.3-rc1