diff --git a/bigchaindb/version.py b/bigchaindb/version.py
index a03ed4b6..e20993d7 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/version.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.0'
-__short_version__ = '1.0'
+__version__ = '1.1.0.dev'
+__short_version__ = '1.1.dev'