diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7ba27dc2e..ea325dc56 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Release 1.3.5 (in development)
+==============================
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+
 Release 1.3.4 (released Jan 12, 2016)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index d159c2729..0ad54f524 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 import sys
 from os import path
 
-__version__  = '1.3.4'
-__released__ = '1.3.4'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
+__version__  = '1.3.4+'
+__released__ = '1.3.4+'  # 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, 3, 4, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (1, 3, 5, 'beta', 1)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))