diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8fb492f8..aae063186 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.2.6 (unreleased)
+
+
+
 ## 1.2.5 (July 26, 2013)
 
 FEATURES:
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/version.rb b/lib/vagrant/version.rb
index ace7288b4..2cad038a2 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ module Vagrant
   # This will always be up to date with the current version of Vagrant,
   # since it is used to generate the gemspec and is also the source of
   # the version for `vagrant -v`
-  VERSION = "1.2.5"
+  VERSION = "1.2.6.dev"
 end