diff --git a/RELEASING b/RELEASING
index 10aa2bb..6c88566 100644
--- a/RELEASING
+++ b/RELEASING
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Update History.txt with relevant details
 Manually edit .gemspec updating file list, version, and date.
 Tag the new version (git tag -a vX.X.X)
-Build and push the gem (gem build rack-rewrite.gemspec && gem push rack-rewrite-X.X.X.gem)
\ No newline at end of file
+Build and push the gem (gem build rack-rewrite.gemspec && gem push rack-rewrite-X.X.X.gem)
+Bump the gem version to the next dot release with a prerelease (1.1.1 --> 1.1.2.a)
diff --git a/rack-rewrite.gemspec b/rack-rewrite.gemspec
index cd02587..650aa1d 100644
--- a/rack-rewrite.gemspec
+++ b/rack-rewrite.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{rack-rewrite}
-  s.version = "1.0.2"
+  s.version = "1.0.3.a"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["John Trupiano"]