diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 740dda4a7f46c48d8f7e01f5e06be5e294063782..52f467f9a55a9caeeb75613533339a4d05445732 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16.1.0-pre
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+16.2.0-pre
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