diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 3d9f85307..b158dc4aa 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "name": "puppet-collectd",
-  "version": "8.3.0",
+  "version": "8.3.1-rc0",
   "source": "https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-collectd",
   "author": "Vox Pupuli",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",