Version 3.4.0-272.0.dev

Merge b3aa031eb45c4afb51844ab3e97be45e9d435d95 into dev
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 5ac3bc3..d14d219 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL main
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 3
 MINOR 4
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
+PRERELEASE 272
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0