diff --git a/mwclient/client.py b/mwclient/client.py
index a721b7b2fa41f5ca789d22090b0aa4cba8a36db7..2704899bd68c8e9a739a042116611c56cef90dd8 100644
--- a/mwclient/client.py
+++ b/mwclient/client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__ver__ = '0.7.0'
+__ver__ = '0.7.1dev'
 
 import warnings
 import urllib
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1e25275be3f611e0afa023e8ae339c3a525071ef..13907de82c80c827773a51ffe9587592e766c97e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     requirements.append('ordereddict')
 
 setup(name='mwclient',
-      version='0.7.0',  # Rember to also update __ver__ in client.py
+      version='0.7.1dev',  # Rember to also update __ver__ in client.py
       description='MediaWiki API client',
       long_description=README,
       classifiers=[