diff --git a/.github/release b/.github/release
index 8c0a9663..350c211f 100755
--- a/.github/release
+++ b/.github/release
@@ -18,10 +18,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     update_changelog()
     git_commit()
     git_tag()
-
-    if branch == "main":
-        update_python_version(version=get_next_dev_version())
-        git_commit(message="reopen main for development")
-
     git_push()
     logger.info("✅ All done. 🥳")
diff --git a/pdoc/__init__.py b/pdoc/__init__.py
index 63035352..413c00c6 100644
--- a/pdoc/__init__.py
+++ b/pdoc/__init__.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ def bark(self, loud: bool) -> None:
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 __docformat__ = "markdown"  # explicitly disable rST processing in the examples above.
-__version__ = "15.7.0-dev"  # this is read from setup.py
+__version__ = "14.7.0"  # this is read from setup.py
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import overload