diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index be5e51844cceaa..b170abf44be15e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 4
 VERSION_MINOR = 0
-PATCHLEVEL = 0
+PATCHLEVEL = 99
 VERSION_TWEAK = 0
 EXTRAVERSION =