diff --git a/lib/galaxy/version.py b/lib/galaxy/version.py
index a83760dfd9a5..8305d90f715f 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/version.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = "23.1"
-VERSION_MINOR = ""
+VERSION_MINOR = "1.dev0"
 VERSION = VERSION_MAJOR + (f".{VERSION_MINOR}" if VERSION_MINOR else "")