diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
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--- a/.zenodo.json
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "title": "MAgPIE - An Open Source land-use modeling framework",
-  "version": "4.8.0",
+  "version": "4.8.0dev",
   "creators": [
     {
       "name": "Dietrich, Jan Philipp",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f65b05a48..168f84389 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### changed
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+### added
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+### removed
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+### fixed
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+
 ## [4.8.0] - 2024-06-10
 
 ### changed
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index a08992847..d14a59954 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ abstract: The *Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environmen
   exogenously given population in 10 food energy categories, based on regional diets.
   Future trends in food demand are derived from a cross-country regression analysis,
   based on future scenarios on GDP and population growth.
-version: 4.8.0
+version: 4.8.0dev
 date-released: 2024-06-10
 repository-code: https://github.com/magpiemodel/magpie
 keywords: