diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f1f5a3a..ed11621 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog for Isso
 ==================
 
+0.9.7 (unreleased)
+------------------
+
+- Nothing changed yet.
+
+
 0.9.6 (2014-08-18)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2d7face..46163c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ else:
 
 setup(
     name='isso',
-    version='0.9.6',
+    version='0.9.7.dev0',
     author='Martin Zimmermann',
     author_email='info@posativ.org',
     packages=find_packages(),