diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5b88b01..0490299 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog for Isso
 ==================
 
+0.9.8 (unreleased)
+------------------
+
+- Nothing changed yet.
+
+
 0.9.7 (2014-09-25)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e88f3e4..d6da1df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ else:
 
 setup(
     name='isso',
-    version='0.9.7',
+    version='0.9.8.dev0',
     author='Martin Zimmermann',
     author_email='info@posativ.org',
     packages=find_packages(),