diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 432462a8..497046a8 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.1",
+  "version": "2.2-pre1",
   "assemblyVersion": {
     "precision": "build"
   },