diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index af94cfb8..a17481dd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Change Log
 
 Async PRAW follows `semantic versioning <https://semver.org/>`_.
 
+Unreleased
+----------
+
 7.7.1 (2023/07/11)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/asyncpraw/const.py b/asyncpraw/const.py
index 79dbdb1a..fbc4363a 100644
--- a/asyncpraw/const.py
+++ b/asyncpraw/const.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Async PRAW constants."""
 from .endpoints import API_PATH  # noqa: F401
 
-__version__ = "7.7.1"
+__version__ = "7.7.2.dev0"
 
 USER_AGENT_FORMAT = f"{{}} Async PRAW/{__version__}"