diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f7efbfa0..29e8a975 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.3.0-rc0 20300000
+2.3.1-rc0 20301000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index e51fad99..c9d91bf5 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=2
 project.versioning.minor=3
-project.versioning.patch=0
+project.versioning.patch=1
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################