diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6edc7fa8d353553f64e8d7d82ef07db363f3afc6..4dd919b3b06b2877feba48c175fd31473df4c4c7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12.1.0-pre
+12.2.0-pre