diff --git a/lib/arel.rb b/lib/arel.rb
index a9fe15c824..30b2741eae 100644
--- a/lib/arel.rb
+++ b/lib/arel.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ module Arel
   require 'arel/engines'
   autoload :Session, 'arel/session'
 
-  VERSION = "0.1.2"
+  VERSION = "0.2.pre"
 end
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