diff --git a/notes/pages/CHANGELOG.md b/notes/pages/CHANGELOG.md
index 110a72573..4f3c4a965 100644
--- a/notes/pages/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/notes/pages/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-## Version 1.3.3 - 2024-08-13
+## Version 1.3.4 - dev
+	- ((65ed4f6c-edc8-4390-880c-c604a3fa5ec0))
+	- NEW: support of layers for the PyMuPDF drawing-backend
+		- contributed by #mbway
+		- {{discussion 1154}}
+		-
+- ## Version 1.3.3 - 2024-08-13
 	- ((65ed4f6c-edc8-4390-880c-c604a3fa5ec0))
 	- NEW: improve block section loading procedure
 		- {{issue 1136}}
diff --git a/src/ezdxf/version.py b/src/ezdxf/version.py
index e82173772..0b1fde7eb 100644
--- a/src/ezdxf/version.py
+++ b/src/ezdxf/version.py
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 #   1. bug fix release beta0: VERSION = "0.9.1b0"; version = (0, 9, 1, 'b0')
 #   2. bug fix release: VERSION = "0.9.2"; version = (0, 9, 2, 'release')
 
-version = (1, 3, 3, "release")
-__version__ = "1.3.3"
+version = (1, 3, 4, "b0")
+__version__ = "1.3.4b0"