diff --git a/src/common/version.h b/src/common/version.h
index 06fc5e4d2..031d1bee8 100644
--- a/src/common/version.h
+++ b/src/common/version.h
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 #define GIT_VERSION_STR_POSTFIX ""
 #endif /* GIT_VERSION_STR_POSTFIX */
 
-#define VERSION_STR "2.8" VERSION_STR_POSTFIX GIT_VERSION_STR_POSTFIX
+#define VERSION_STR "2.9-devel" VERSION_STR_POSTFIX GIT_VERSION_STR_POSTFIX
 
 #endif /* VERSION_H */