diff --git a/lib/traject/version.rb b/lib/traject/version.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/traject/version.rb
+++ b/lib/traject/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Traject
-  VERSION = "3.0.0"
+  VERSION = "3.1.0.rc1"
 end
make version <I>.rc1