diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 25d3a8929..1d9f2b0ab 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Release 0.6.2 (in development)
+==============================
+
+
 Release 0.6.1 (Mar 26, 2009)
 ============================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 9252013d5..41344cd60 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import sys
 from os import path
 
 __revision__ = '$Revision$'
-__version__ = '0.6.1'
+__version__ = '0.6.1+'
 __released__ = '0.6.1'
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))