diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 56e58ac0dec4ff95750459d41bf276c1f51f06f6..b3b7d3a3e2b153889d54f32d44b77f6c188086d8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+0.44 (Unreleased)
+-----------------
+
+  * No change yet
+
 0.43 (2012-03-28)
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 19e7f810a8d9207242b86ac55080f09dc5983bdf..e102f88b4b6482fe26f1d2090290b4e6f2051e46 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import glob
 import os
 
-version = '0.43'
+version = '0.44-dev'
 name = 'slapos.cookbook'
 long_description = open("README.txt").read() + "\n" + \
     open("CHANGES.txt").read() + "\n"