diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3b63581bf..037147802 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "jquery-ui",
   "title": "jQuery UI",
   "description": "Abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, themeable widgets, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that you can use to build highly interactive web applications.",
-  "version": "1.8.23",
+  "version": "1.8.24pre",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui",
   "author": {
     "name": "AUTHORS.txt"