diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 738e6ab04e26fbdcf60f3050209eb364aeb030d8..324963571e1828e70c4433d56760f73f2f19306e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import glob
 import os
 
-version = '0.96'
+version = '0.97.dev0'
 name = 'slapos.cookbook'
 long_description = open("README.txt").read() + "\n" + \
     open("CHANGES.txt").read() + "\n"