diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b81eea5e4..d00082573 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Release 1.0.8 (in development)
+==============================
+
+
 Release 1.0.7 (Jan 15, 2011)
 ============================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 3a9d3a82e..4671a449d 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import sys
 from os import path
 
-__version__  = '1.0.7'
+__version__  = '1.0.7+'
 __released__ = '1.0.7'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))