diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 66a266edf7226bc88187584ea551bd04061b0417..ecd9aafc2111000d89fcc34f953a958655583fe9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-17.4.0-pre
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+17.5.0-pre
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