diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 779285f9..03af09aa 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Description: Pipeline tools coordinate the pieces of computationally
   The methodology in this package
   borrows from GNU 'Make' (2015, ISBN:978-9881443519)
   and 'drake' (2018, <doi:10.21105/joss.00550>).
-Version: 1.10.1
+Version: 1.10.1.9000
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://docs.ropensci.org/targets/, https://github.com/ropensci/targets
 BugReports: https://github.com/ropensci/targets/issues
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e78db2ae..4f159d6f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# targets 1.10.1.9000 (development)
+
+
+
 # targets 1.10.1
 
 * Restore explicit references to "self" in `R6` classes.