diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 05a3dea..18a0dd0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.9-dev *Next Release*
+
+
 0.8 (2010-03-08)
 
   - Fixed deprecation warnings on Python 2.6
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d0967ed..eec8588 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.8'
+__version__ = '0.9-dev'
 
 import os
 import sys