diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 402a566..c5d7094 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 #
 CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 2
-MINOR 3
-PATCH 3
+MINOR 4
+PATCH 0
 PRERELEASE 0
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
 ABI_VERSION 5