diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 89161628..e284594e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.0-rc0 30100000
+4.0.0-rc0 40000000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 4436f853..a13ba2b1 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
-project.versioning.major=3
-project.versioning.minor=1
+project.versioning.major=4
+project.versioning.minor=0
 project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc