diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tcpl
 Title: ToxCast Data Analysis Pipeline
-Version: 3.2.0
+Version: 3.2.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Richard S", "Judson",role = c("ctb","ths"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2348-9633")),
     person("Dayne L", "Filer", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# tcpl (development version)
+
 # tcpl 3.2.0
 
 * Added a `NEWS.md` file to track changes to the package.