diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0c383cd56a7..b5c2c35ecc1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 2
 VERSION_MINOR = 7
-PATCHLEVEL = 0
+PATCHLEVEL = 99
 VERSION_TWEAK = 0
-EXTRAVERSION = rc3
+EXTRAVERSION =