diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a6fbe828fabf5fd9b22046bff1f612180f7439d4..6e0fb2382fb33517994707edab198688a0439429 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16.3.0-pre
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+16.4.0-pre
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