diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6a02cfa7c067c8a4f36926c8dd67c4598f4f7581..11bf1ec035c6ea7f7340d2b328d3d1a5bdc49df1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11.12.0-pre
+12.0.0-pre