diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: readr
 Title: Read Rectangular Text Data
-Version: 2.1.5
+Version: 2.1.5.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = "aut"),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# readr (development version)
+
 # readr 2.1.5
 
 * No major user-facing changes. Patch release with housekeeping changes and