diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 107037e0d..b4b7c6774 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <property name="changelog.file" value="${build.site}/changelog.html"/>
     <property name="dist.dir" value="build/dist"/>
     <property name="jar.name" value="poi"/>
-    <property name="version.id" value="2.0-pre2"/>
+    <property name="version.id" value="2.0-pre3"/>
     <property name="halt.on.test.failure" value="true"/>
 
     <path id="main.classpath">