diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 3eb50c4bc4142ef66ce68b670440505a4aab9a68..362d1799001027bc49c0217225db05bfdb48cdb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // $Id$
 
-Drupal 7.0 rc2, 2010-12-11
+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 c317f740dfd0c4e4e6a881dc9dbf408c2d072e9d..c2c8e7eba686f0eb2562b26849c01730ff9e675a 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.0-rc2');
+define('VERSION', '7.0-dev');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.