diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 93554bb5..7291a35f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # News
 
-This is charybdis 4.1.2, Copyright (c) 2005-2018 Charybdis team.
+This is charybdis 4.1.3-dev, Copyright (c) 2005-2018 Charybdis team.
 See LICENSE for licensing details (GPL v2).
 
 ## charybdis-4.1.2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 242959e3..d62e5c42 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl said functions need to be just about as complex as they already are.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT([charybdis], [4.1.2])
+AC_INIT([charybdis], [4.1.3-dev])
 
 AC_LANG(C)
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS