diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 8a7f607217ed1c80f897b96759314692ba39ac9a..027d93c87aaae3e69d5eb7aca65ee6e12804375b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+0.55 (Unreleased)
+-----------------
+
+  * No change yet.
+
 0.54.1 (2012-06-18)
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ff9a1e64fa611dbc7b5324b103038ba1bebd3a59..4744abe53d200efba88bc336846af310bef9c5eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import glob
 import os
 
-version = '0.54.1'
+version = '0.55'
 name = 'slapos.cookbook'
 long_description = open("README.txt").read() + "\n" + \
     open("CHANGES.txt").read() + "\n"