diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name="qds_sdk",
-    version="1.9.0",
+    version="unreleased",
     author="Qubole",
     author_email="dev@qubole.com",
     description=("Python SDK for coding to the Qubole Data Service API"),
fix: usr: setup.py should indicate unreleased branch as version==unreleased

when using qds-sdk as a dependency - pip and setuptools look at the
version in setup() to find the stable version. if this does not match
with the one specified by install_requires then pip/setuptools fail and
install the stable version instead