diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c3e8c303c63f87630d7f42081666cd651f0ed9f9..211084c79cc1ef42b4cbe6350f9df8aafaf4810b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12.9.0-pre
+12.10.0-pre