diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Change Log
 ----------
 
+0.9999
+~~~~~~
+
+Released on XXX, 2014
+
+* XXX
+
+
 0.999
 ~~~~~
 
diff --git a/html5lib/__init__.py b/html5lib/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/html5lib/__init__.py
+++ b/html5lib/__init__.py
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ from .serializer import serialize
 
 __all__ = ["HTMLParser", "parse", "parseFragment", "getTreeBuilder",
            "getTreeWalker", "serialize"]
-__version__ = "0.999"
+__version__ = "0.9999-dev"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ with codecs.open(os.path.join(current_dir, 'README.rst'), 'r', 'utf8') as readme
         long_description = readme_file.read() + '\n' + changes_file.read()
 
 setup(name='html5lib',
-      version='0.999',
+      version='0.9999-dev',
       url='https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python',
       license="MIT License",
       description='HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML specifcation',
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