diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 23b32a2..95b0980 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "puppet-openssl",
-  "version": "3.1.1",
+  "version": "3.1.2-rc0",
   "author": "Vox Pupuli",
   "summary": "OpenSSL Module",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",