diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: rbmi
 Title: Reference Based Multiple Imputation
-Version: 1.3.0
+Version: 1.3.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Craig", "Gower-Page", email = "craig.gower-page@roche.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Alessandro", "Noci", email = "alessandro.noci@roche.com", role = c("aut")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# rbmi (development version)
+
+- No new items yet...
+
 # rbmi 1.3.0
 
 ## Breaking Changes