diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 90d85cbda1a2868108e02066260f9f3f40c07a02..227c1e72922cfabac0babc0e29c1a443271e6328 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // $Id$
 
-Drupal 7.0 alpha 1, 2010-01-15
-------------------------------
+Drupal 7.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+----------------------
 - Database:
     * Fully rewritten database layer utilizing PHP 5's PDO abstraction layer.
     * Drupal now requires MySQL >= 5.0 or PostgreSQL >= 8.3.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 8c93368f88f0400bc4d49096d9c051dfe0480156..fe58b91b1e48e869de06b1991652ad1f56c1de92 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.0-alpha1');
+define('VERSION', '7.0-dev');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.