diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 963f5995e..2eb3c2dc6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.0.0 (unreleased)
+
+
+
 ## 0.9.6 (February 7, 2012)
 
   - Fix strange issue with inconsistent childprocess reads on JRuby. [GH-711]
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/version.rb b/lib/vagrant/version.rb
index 260eb1a18..29a675bd5 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 = "0.9.6"
+  VERSION = "0.9.99.0"
 end