diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
index cee4a952..414fe8cd 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-recoll (1.29.3pre1-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
+recoll (1.29.3pre2-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
 
   * UI experiments
   
- -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0100
+ -- Jean-Francois Dockes <jf@dockes.org>  Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0100
 
 recoll (1.29.2-1~ppaPPAVERS~SERIES1) SERIES; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/src/VERSION b/src/VERSION
index 620c324f..45cb7f9f 100644
--- a/src/VERSION
+++ b/src/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.29.3pre1
+1.29.3pre2