diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0ea3a944b399d25f7e1b8fe684d754eb8da9fe7f..12acb00e2a694d77eecc73fc81ec476c3840c86a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.0
+0.2.1-beta1