diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 69cd8b3b..bf75ec64 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "puppet-fail2ban",
-  "version": "5.0.2",
+  "version": "5.0.3-rc0",
   "author": "Vox Pupuli",
   "summary": "This module installs, configures and manages the Fail2ban service.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",