diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 563c32e9ead7..9ce4b96a3f63 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+2.1 - - `master`_
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. note:: This version is not yet released and is under active development.
+
 2.0 - 2017-07-17
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/cryptography/__about__.py b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
index 4b4b6dd04a5e..e99a87d1c819 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/__about__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                " and primitives to Python developers.")
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 
-__version__ = "2.0"
+__version__ = "2.1.dev1"
 
 __author__ = "The cryptography developers"
 __email__ = "cryptography-dev@python.org"
diff --git a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
index 9ee01dd02a7f..951ef354ce00 100644
--- a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
+++ b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 
-__version__ = "2.0"
+__version__ = "2.1.dev1"
 
 __author__ = "The cryptography developers"
 __email__ = "cryptography-dev@python.org"