diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: cmdstanr
 Title: R Interface to 'CmdStan'
-Version: 0.7.0
+Version: 0.7.0.9000
 Date: 2023-12-13
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Jonah", family = "Gabry", role = c("aut", "cre"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# cmdstanr 0.7.0.9000
+
+Items for next release go here
+
 # cmdstanr 0.7.0
 
 ## Major new features