diff --git a/version.mk b/version.mk
index bf37730bf50d584d1f0b5da14f52e9d6549bbb8d..9dd57539406be8f4482aaf2616a9b47cb3aa9477 100644
--- a/version.mk
+++ b/version.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # static version string; update manually every release.
-PACKAGE_VERSION = "1.1.3"
+PACKAGE_VERSION = "1.2-alpha"