diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cb1e8a4..6296e1e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
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+Version 1.9.0 - 2020-??-??
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 1.8.0 - 2020-09-29
 - gnutls "bugfix": handle receives who break connection on close
   Some TLS servers don't reply to graceful shutdown requests "for
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index af3fe00..0b45a0f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.61)
-AC_INIT([librelp], [1.8.0], [rgerhards@adiscon.com])
+AC_INIT([librelp], [1.9.0.master], [rgerhards@adiscon.com])
 
 # change to the one below if Travis has a timeout
 #AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects serial-tests])