diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index c28601e747..c3c955507f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: admiral
 Title: ADaM in R Asset Library
-Version: 1.2.0
+Version: 1.2.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Ben", "Straub", , "ben.x.straub@gsk.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Stefan", "Bundfuss", role = "aut",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 717e18616e..811775fb41 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# admiral 1.2.0
+# admiral 1.2.0.9000
 
 ## New Features