diff --git a/bigchaindb/version.py b/bigchaindb/version.py
index a0ea3097..c59a3cbe 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/version.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.9.0'
-__short_version__ = '0.9'
+__version__ = '0.10.0.dev'
+__short_version__ = '0.10.dev'