diff --git a/sdk/nbproject/project.properties b/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
index 3913d1a6d..e93b9bdf0 100644
--- a/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/sdk/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ app.name=jmonkeyplatform
 app.title=jMonkeyEngine SDK
 app.icon.icns=jmonkeyplatform.icns
 #version name used for application and settings folder, no spaces!
-app.version=3.0
+app.version=3.1-pre-alpha-svn
 #version number used for plugins, only 3 numbers (e.g. 3.1.3)
 plugins.version=3.1.0
 #used netbeans platform