diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c1f68b44d6480ab884d18240b6d67f5ea4b7f149..1d37314c457169b4e9ce45deac798ae467fbc459 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-23.0~rc1
+23.0+dev