diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: usethis
 Title: Automate Package and Project Setup
-Version: 2.1.5
+Version: 2.1.5.9000
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
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+# usethis (development version)
+
 # usethis 2.1.5
 
 pkgdown-related functions no longer automatically strip a trailing slash from the pkgdown site URL, in order to play more nicely with CRAN's URL checks (#1526).