diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d65497137..081a22d82 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Release 1.4.10 (in development)
+===============================
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+
 Release 1.4.9 (released Nov 23, 2016)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index b05ec91ed..7f6dd5e89 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 import sys
 from os import path
 
-__version__  = '1.4.9'
-__released__ = '1.4.9'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
+__version__  = '1.4.10+'
+__released__ = '1.4.10'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 # version info for better programmatic use
 # possible values for 3rd element: 'alpha', 'beta', 'rc', 'final'
 # 'final' has 0 as the last element
-version_info = (1, 4, 9, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (1, 4, 10, 'alpha', 1)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))