Version 3.5.0-246.0.dev

Merge 6ab01427bd228374c18d0048a843f9d17b361b50 into dev
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 686d892..b0a97d1 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 5
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
+PRERELEASE 246
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0