diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 0bcd6b6..08e0575 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # This file is used by tools/utils.py to generate version strings.
 # The numbers are changed as follows:
 #
@@ -24,9 +23,9 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 1
 MINOR 22
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
+PRERELEASE 3
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0