diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 79271c245..f88f66f5f 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     </intro>
 
     <release-list>
+        <release date="XXXX-XX-XX" version="2.06dev" title="UNDER DEVELOPMENT">
+        </release>
+
         <release date="2018-08-31" version="2.05" title="Environment Variable Options and Exclude Temporary/Unlogged Relations">
             <release-core-list>
                 <release-bug-list>
diff --git a/lib/pgBackRest/Version.pm b/lib/pgBackRest/Version.pm
index 68ebd3a49..aae5e32d3 100644
--- a/lib/pgBackRest/Version.pm
+++ b/lib/pgBackRest/Version.pm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ push @EXPORT, qw(backrestBin backrestBinSet);
 # Defines the current version of the BackRest executable.  The version number is used to track features but does not affect what
 # repositories or manifests can be read - that's the job of the format number.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-use constant BACKREST_VERSION                                       => '2.05';
+use constant BACKREST_VERSION                                       => '2.06dev';
     push @EXPORT, qw(BACKREST_VERSION);
 
 # Format Format Number
diff --git a/src/perl/embed.auto.c b/src/perl/embed.auto.c
index ee025d5ca..61eb56734 100644
--- a/src/perl/embed.auto.c
+++ b/src/perl/embed.auto.c
@@ -21303,7 +21303,7 @@ static const EmbeddedModule embeddedModule[] =
             "\n"
             "push @EXPORT, qw(backrestBin backrestBinSet);\n"
             "\n\n\n\n\n\n"
-            "use constant BACKREST_VERSION => '2.05';\n"
+            "use constant BACKREST_VERSION => '2.06dev';\n"
             "push @EXPORT, qw(BACKREST_VERSION);\n"
             "\n\n\n\n\n\n"
             "use constant BACKREST_FORMAT => 5;\n"
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index e86248548..bf605bfc0 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ repository will be invalid unless migration functions are written.
 /***********************************************************************************************************************************
 Software version.  Currently this value is maintained in Version.pm and updated by test.pl.
 ***********************************************************************************************************************************/
-#define PGBACKREST_VERSION                                          "2.05"
+#define PGBACKREST_VERSION                                          "2.06dev"
 
 #endif