diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 224a5c8f784e9218df0d3c289435fa616faae21d..fef3a2b3de1da94c1aa11cb16cc00277cd7e5ebd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on `Keep a Changelog`_,
 and this project adheres to `Semantic Versioning`_.
 
+Unreleased
+----------
+
 `2.8`_ - 2022-03-11
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0933d2717aee5cce0a75a335d3278d8916d54b51..8016962654e9a2a5659c9fc73b815ef38bd42658 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ author = "The AlekSIS Team"
 # The short X.Y version
 version = "2.8"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "2.8"
+release = "2.8.1.dev0"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c27acbdbb77b7ed46a24b235d01cebf9c4a947f7..88e204bb8c43087ce049f5de9ff8353db17e7695 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "AlekSIS-Core"
-version = "2.8"
+version = "2.8.1.dev0"
 packages = [
     { include = "aleksis" }
 ]