diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index c901bc83d7..281d284b7f 100644
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
-MINOR=4
+MINOR=5
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=beta1-dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=dev
 BUILD_METADATA=
 RELEASE_DATE=""
 SHLIB_VERSION=3