diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fb43190f..e5dee8f9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
                        |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 ================================================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.9.0a)                                             20??/??/??
+Fail2Ban (version 0.9.0a1)                                            20??/??/??
 ================================================================================
 
 
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ code-review and minor additions from Yaroslav Halchenko.
    * [..e019ab7] Multiple instances of the same action are allowed in the
      same jail -- use actname option to disambiguate.
 
+ver. 0.8.10 (2013/XX/XXX) - NOT-YET-RELEASED
+-----------
+
+- Fixes
+- New Features
+- Enhancements
+
 ver. 0.8.9 (2013/05/13) - wanna-be-stable
 ----------
 
diff --git a/DEVELOP b/DEVELOP
index 809e4c09..e9cf3eff 100644
--- a/DEVELOP
+++ b/DEVELOP
@@ -338,8 +338,10 @@ Post Release
 
 Add the following to the top of the ChangeLog
 
-ver. 0.8.9 (2013/XX/XXX) - wanna-be-stable
+ver. 0.8.11 (2013/XX/XXX) - wanna-be-stable
 - Fixes
 - New Features
 - Enhancements
 
+and adjust common/version.py to carry .dev suffix to signal
+a version under development.
diff --git a/fail2ban/version.py b/fail2ban/version.py
index d268c025..d9e72f1f 100644
--- a/fail2ban/version.py
+++ b/fail2ban/version.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier, Yaroslav Halchenko"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier, 2011-2013 Yaroslav Halchenko"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-version = "0.9.0a0"
+version = "0.9.0a1"