diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d536c7b08cba..1bbb22684b97 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4e23a59ed1c5f12e14f7899855f8379b3d42e578
+refs/heads/master: 3d42b3612891baecf709d93f28655a6882a65d41
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/drbd.h b/trunk/include/linux/drbd.h
index 7944dd36ee3e..68530521ad00 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/drbd.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/drbd.h
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
 
 
 extern const char *drbd_buildtag(void);
-#define REL_VERSION "8.3.7"
+#define REL_VERSION "8.3.8rc1"
 #define API_VERSION 88
 #define PRO_VERSION_MIN 86
-#define PRO_VERSION_MAX 93
+#define PRO_VERSION_MAX 94
 
 
 enum drbd_io_error_p {