diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: htmltools
 Title: Tools for HTML
-Version: 0.5.8
+Version: 0.5.8.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Joe", "Cheng", , "joe@posit.co", role = "aut"),
     person("Carson", "Sievert", , "carson@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# htmltools (development version)
+
 # htmltools 0.5.8
 
 ## Improvements