diff --git a/META b/META
index 67be62b596..c72c168999 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	1
   Micro:        0
   Version:	2.1.0
-  Release:	0.pre0
+  Release:	0.pre1
 ##
 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
 #  with a new SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION signifing the old one and the version