diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d5bcbeaf3f0..cf1f4dd5805 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 1
 VERSION_MINOR = 14
-PATCHLEVEL = 0
+PATCHLEVEL = 99
 VERSION_TWEAK = 0
 EXTRAVERSION =