diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 48fea098a3f7d3c46d989183d7a7cdeefc02767d..4aec58f3393228484c27d3b2b013b7553b80a16c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // $Id$
 
-Drupal 7.0 alpha 6, 2010-07-08
+Drupal 7.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 ----------------------
 - Database:
     * Fully rewritten database layer utilizing PHP 5's PDO abstraction layer.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 77ea7ded8fdc6053833929a9ac8ec5308fc9eb4b..bf553a0531c907ad71386741e4342af6583b965d 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.0-alpha6');
+define('VERSION', '7.0-dev');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.