diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: svglite
 Title: An 'SVG' Graphics Device
-Version: 2.1.1
+Version: 2.1.1.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = "aut"),
     person("Lionel", "Henry", , "lionel@posit.co", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# svglite (development version)
+
 # svglite 2.1.1
 
 * Fix `<cstdint>` include at request of CRAN