diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6957e4c8d2e5..2b983d5169bd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 16
-EXTRAVERSION = .30
+EXTRAVERSION = .31-rc1
 NAME=Stable Penguin
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*