diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53b71fb2af54..a59054beb713 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+## 0.12.5 (Unreleased)
 ## 0.12.4 (July 11, 2019)
 
 NEW FEATURES: 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 7df02bd2768b..1c07e272b34a 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var Version = "0.12.4"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-var Prerelease = ""
+var Prerelease = "dev"
 
 // SemVer is an instance of version.Version. This has the secondary
 // benefit of verifying during tests and init time that our version is a