diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 52f467f9a55a9caeeb75613533339a4d05445732..a6fbe828fabf5fd9b22046bff1f612180f7439d4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16.2.0-pre
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+16.3.0-pre
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