diff --git a/lib/fixture_builder/version.rb b/lib/fixture_builder/version.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/fixture_builder/version.rb
+++ b/lib/fixture_builder/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module FixtureBuilder
-  VERSION = '0.5.2'
+  VERSION = '0.5.3.rc1'
 end
bump to <I>.rc1