diff --git a/py/desispec/_version.py b/py/desispec/_version.py
index e33e0e698..d89be21b4 100644
--- a/py/desispec/_version.py
+++ b/py/desispec/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.68.0'
+__version__ = '0.68.0.dev8957'