diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9cfbd2b552..0a458d90b1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## Changes in 3.14.0
+2025-xx-xx
+
+- New things:
+
+- Breaking Changes:
+
+- Fixes/Improvements:
+
+
 ## Changes in 3.13.0
 2024-09-06
 
@@ -17,7 +27,7 @@
     - https://lin-ear-th-inking.blogspot.com/2024/05/jts-topological-relationships-next.html
     - https://lin-ear-th-inking.blogspot.com/2024/05/relateng-performance.html 
 
-- Breaking Changes
+- Breaking Changes:
   - Zero-length linestrings (eg LINESTRING(1 1, 1 1)) are now treated as equivalent to points (POINT(1 1)) in boolean predicates
   - CMake 3.15 or later is requried (GH-1143, Mike Taves)
 
@@ -81,7 +91,7 @@
   - CAPI: GEOSGeom_releaseCollection (GH-848)
   - CAPI: GEOSMinimumRotatedRectangle now uses MinimumAreaRectangle (Paul Ramsey)
 
-- Breaking Changes
+- Breaking Changes:
   - CoverageUnion now requires valid inputs to produce valid outputs
     and may return invalid outputs silently when fed invalid inputs.
     Use CoverageValidator first if you do not know the validity of your data.
diff --git a/Version.txt b/Version.txt
index a486d43efd..6ffca82942 100644
--- a/Version.txt
+++ b/Version.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
 # GEOS Versions
 GEOS_VERSION_MAJOR=3
-GEOS_VERSION_MINOR=13
+GEOS_VERSION_MINOR=14
 GEOS_VERSION_PATCH=0
 
 # OPTIONS: "", "dev", "rc1" etc.
-GEOS_PATCH_WORD=
+GEOS_PATCH_WORD=dev
 
 # GEOS CAPI Versions
 #
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ GEOS_PATCH_WORD=
 # - Deleting interfaces / compatibility issues - bump CURRENT, others to zero
 #   ( THIS MUST BE CAREFULLY AVOIDED )
 #
-CAPI_INTERFACE_CURRENT=20
+CAPI_INTERFACE_CURRENT=21
 CAPI_INTERFACE_REVISION=0
-CAPI_INTERFACE_AGE=19
+CAPI_INTERFACE_AGE=20
 
 # JTS Port
 JTS_PORT=1.18.0