diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 78fa73f6..89161628 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.5-rc0 30005000
+3.1.0-rc0 30100000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 957e5f43..4436f853 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=3
-project.versioning.minor=0
-project.versioning.patch=5
+project.versioning.minor=1
+project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################