diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: vroom
 Title: Read and Write Rectangular Text Data Quickly
-Version: 1.6.5
+Version: 1.6.5.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2739-7082")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# vroom (development version)
+
 # vroom 1.6.5
 
 * Internal changes requested by CRAN around format specification (#524).