diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38f09f7bcb..a847b7dfe6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
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+Scheduled Release 8.2410.0 (aka 2024.10) 2024-10-??
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Scheduled Release 8.2408.0 (aka 2024.08) 2024-08-20
 - 2024-08-16: omkafka enhance: write Kafka log with level ERROR or higher into errorfile
   closes: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/5425
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4af95c40a8..b06b7b54e5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT([rsyslog],[8.2408.0],[rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com])   # UPDATE on release
+AC_INIT([rsyslog],[8.2410.0.master],[rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com])   # UPDATE on release
 AC_DEFINE(VERSION_YEAR,  24, [year part of real rsyslog version])  # UPDATE on release
-AC_DEFINE(VERSION_MONTH,  8, [month part of real rsyslog version]) # UPDATE on release
+AC_DEFINE(VERSION_MONTH, 10, [month part of real rsyslog version]) # UPDATE on release
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])