diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 72628fa8223..b1e5d1b1cda 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+## Version 1.19.8+dev
+### Add-ons client
+### Add-ons server
+### Campaigns
+### Editor
+### Multiplayer
+### Lua API
+### Packaging
+### Terrain
+### Translations
+### Units
+### User interface
+### WML Engine
+### Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes
+
 ## Version 1.19.8
 ### Campaigns
    * Eastern Invasion
diff --git a/data/tools/wesnoth/version.py b/data/tools/wesnoth/version.py
index 31586f599fc..fa377c89eba 100755
--- a/data/tools/wesnoth/version.py
+++ b/data/tools/wesnoth/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 major = 1
 minor = 19
 release = 8
-dev_suffix = "" # either use "+dev", "-dev", "" (empty string) or None
+dev_suffix = "+dev" # either use "+dev", "-dev", "" (empty string) or None
 
 as_string = "{}.{}.{}{}".format(major,
                                 minor,
diff --git a/doc/doxygen/Doxyfile b/doc/doxygen/Doxyfile
index 32d3b485d4c..901620239ec 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/doxygen/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "The Battle for Wesnoth"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.19.8
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.19.8+dev
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/src/wesconfig.h b/src/wesconfig.h
index 656f95b54c6..96ab7f564ea 100644
--- a/src/wesconfig.h
+++ b/src/wesconfig.h
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
   #undef VERSION
 #endif
 
-#define VERSION "1.19.8"
+#define VERSION "1.19.8+dev"
 
 // Used for the Windows executables' version info resource.
 #define RC_VERSION_MAJOR        1
 #define RC_VERSION_MINOR        19
-#define RC_VERSION_REVISION     8
+#define RC_VERSION_REVISION     9
 
 #endif