diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e5264c3a..82e6510f1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ set (SDF_MINOR_VERSION 3)
 set (SDF_PATCH_VERSION 0)
 
 set (SDF_VERSION ${SDF_MAJOR_VERSION}.${SDF_MINOR_VERSION})
-set (SDF_VERSION_FULL ${SDF_MAJOR_VERSION}.${SDF_MINOR_VERSION}.${SDF_PATCH_VERSION})
+set (SDF_VERSION_FULL ${SDF_MAJOR_VERSION}.${SDF_MINOR_VERSION}.${SDF_PATCH_VERSION}~pre1)
 
 string (TOLOWER ${PROJECT_NAME} PROJECT_NAME_LOWER)
 string(REGEX REPLACE "[0-9]+" "" PROJECT_NAME_NO_VERSION ${PROJECT_NAME})