diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 230ee10d..590edfa6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
 Fail2Ban (version 0.8.10)                                             2013/06/12
 ================================================================================
 
+ver. 0.8.11 (2013/XX/XXX) - wanna-be-released
+-----------
+
+- Fixes:
+  
+- New Features:
+  
+- Enhancements:
+  
+
 ver. 0.8.10 (2013/06/12) - wanna-be-secure
 -----------
 
diff --git a/DEVELOP b/DEVELOP
index 00b7d6d5..bebc12b3 100644
--- a/DEVELOP
+++ b/DEVELOP
@@ -348,10 +348,15 @@ Post Release
 
 Add the following to the top of the ChangeLog
 
-ver. 0.8.11 (2013/XX/XXX) - wanna-be-stable
-- Fixes
-- New Features
-- Enhancements
+ver. 0.8.12 (2013/XX/XXX) - wanna-be-released
+-----------
+
+- Fixes:
+  
+- New Features:
+  
+- Enhancements:
+  
 
 and adjust common/version.py to carry .dev suffix to signal
 a version under development.
diff --git a/common/version.py b/common/version.py
index fe99f95e..87cb5020 100644
--- a/common/version.py
+++ b/common/version.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier, Yaroslav Halchenko"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier, 2011-2013 Yaroslav Halchenko"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-version = "0.8.10"
+version = "0.8.10.dev"