diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 3100eeb961a06ca6d0cb2913123f972099cd97b8..c285e0ce3f6916f1e1c2730f157beac9f4bf6559 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.8 (unreleased)
+================
+
+ * No changes yet.
+
 0.7 (2011-06-14)
 ================
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 41af155a7a033cffd94d215f51b193c142ba98e6..25700383a4773169cfd822d5a338635ade62ca4e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import glob
 import os
 
-version = '0.7'
+version = '0.8-dev'
 name = 'slapos.cookbook'
 long_description = open("README.txt").read() + "\n" + \
     open("CHANGES.txt").read() + "\n"