diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c5165b9aa..4e41b737e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Release History
 ###############
 
+Unreleased: mitmproxy next
+==========================
+
+* --- TODO: add new PRs above this line ---
+* ... and various other fixes, documentation improvements, dependency version bumps, etc.
+
 13 December 2020: mitmproxy 6.0
 ===============================
 
diff --git a/mitmproxy/version.py b/mitmproxy/version.py
index b1dc13787..bf78f7454 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/version.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/version.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-VERSION = "6.0.0"
+VERSION = "7.0.0.dev"
 PATHOD = "pathod " + VERSION
 MITMPROXY = "mitmproxy " + VERSION