diff --git a/version b/version
index c76421d09e..634c3d1a0a 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # configure.
 #
 MAJORVER=9
-MINORVER=9
+MINORVER=10
 PATCHVER=0
-RELEASETYPE=rc
-RELEASEVER=2
+RELEASETYPE=pre-alpha
+RELEASEVER=