diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3daffe07..1279c277 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Change Log
 ----------
 
+0.9999999/1.0b8
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Released on XXX
+
+* XXX
+
+
 0.999999/1.0b7
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/html5lib/__init__.py b/html5lib/__init__.py
index 3ba1163c..3765c676 100644
--- a/html5lib/__init__.py
+++ b/html5lib/__init__.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
            "getTreeWalker", "serialize"]
 
 # this has to be at the top level, see how setup.py parses this
-__version__ = "0.999999"
+__version__ = "0.9999999-dev"