diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index e5685048550d7cd55d17075c6513446a0a252c12..f8c6b2cdb51f08a15e74efe6e24259da6eb3233c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // $Id$
 
-Drupal 7.0, 2011-01-05
+Drupal 7.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 ----------------------
 - Database:
     * Fully rewritten database layer utilizing PHP 5's PDO abstraction layer.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index be9813cc123c34997f464bac7ca9f3821aafb52b..1c13c6fa3179e53be7ce7eb4f676d55159efc8cf 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.0');
+define('VERSION', '7.0-dev');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.