diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c49c00cbc49c2f8b7f9a775d476cf4a4b52bcaf6..656c9a0c1c104a5f6210e0d22a1e6be9f250ff46 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([cm],[0.4.3],[andreas.enge@inria.fr])
+AC_INIT([cm],[0.4.4dev],[andreas.enge@inria.fr])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/cm.h])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/doc/version.texi b/doc/version.texi
index c3b9f75601f8ff14096dcfbdf504903df35847a7..e2a9a200ae03d22f22c6c2383ec4439bbeb8b4f0 100644
--- a/doc/version.texi
+++ b/doc/version.texi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@set UPDATED 23 February 2024
+@set UPDATED 26 February 2024
 @set UPDATED-MONTH February 2024
-@set EDITION 0.4.3
-@set VERSION 0.4.3
+@set EDITION 0.4.4dev
+@set VERSION 0.4.4dev
diff --git a/lib/cm.h b/lib/cm.h
index 555f29d2d6f35be90daaca8ae3c94677a6056214..3292ec0f139963da8f16d659763922b4b374c39a 100644
--- a/lib/cm.h
+++ b/lib/cm.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
 #define CM_VERSION_MAJOR      0
 #define CM_VERSION_MINOR      4
-#define CM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 3
-#define CM_VERSION_STRING     "0.4.3"
+#define CM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 4
+#define CM_VERSION_STRING     "0.4.4dev"
 
 #define CM_MODPOL_J           'j'
 #define CM_MODPOL_DOUBLEETA   'd'
diff --git a/lib/get_version.c b/lib/get_version.c
index 7fb663c1aeb317d2570c7c4f429d593f1ba3b847..7ee8ff785dc6e6e49fd296fed3124e21e6d79c33 100644
--- a/lib/get_version.c
+++ b/lib/get_version.c
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 #include "cm-impl.h"
 
 const char *cm_get_version (void) {
-  return "0.4.3";
+  return "0.4.4dev";
 }