diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 659833fa2e480dc0d93b234ef1afd48da26beb75..ceecb7eb3fa5c4ecba3246f1c2c02847eb420d32 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 16
-EXTRAVERSION = .47
+EXTRAVERSION = .48-rc1
 NAME=Stable Penguin
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*