diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3d494ccb9..b1b0f9f36 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: renv
 Type: Package
 Title: Project Environments
-Version: 1.0.9
+Version: 1.0.9.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kevin", "Ushey", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "kevin@rstudio.com",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2880-7407")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 721c83ae4..01e93322b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# renv (development version)
+
 
 # renv 1.0.9