diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 69626c04f..3642936e1 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: duckdb
 Title: DBI Package for the DuckDB Database Management System
-Version: 1.0.0.9000
+Version: 1.0.99.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hannes", "Mühleisen", , "hannes@cwi.nl", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8552-0029")),