diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index 568bb4a..0802818 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+# Release 0.34.0-dev
+
+### New features since last release
+
+### Improvements 🛠
+
+### Breaking changes 💔
+
+### Deprecations 👋
+
+### Documentation 📝
+
+### Bug fixes 🐛
+
+### Contributors ✍️
+
+This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
+
+---
 # Release 0.33.0
 
 ### Breaking changes 💔
diff --git a/pennylane_pq/_version.py b/pennylane_pq/_version.py
index d2bb9ef..d0b234b 100644
--- a/pennylane_pq/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_pq/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.33.0"
+__version__ = "0.34.0-dev"