diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 33cf9e20c09b1028d2cc3f8551a6a74d4d08d30f..26e3ee3c1ef9c087eb45bbbb564f8bb907ba1bab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+Drupal 7.8-dev, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+----------------------
+
+
 Drupal 7.7, 2011-07-27
 ----------------------
 - Fixed VERSION string.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index a3be5fc81903daf458a62eb78b6cbac45c349f38..c7c484f8315d06e04ed807a4bd694fdc370e9f68 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.7');
+define('VERSION', '7.8-dev');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.