diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 1a7bbdd2705cb2bc8ac2aa016fa43ed175d8d888..238e30d288571598ee04c2a5085f0edd985873c8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Changelog
 #########
 
+0.0.18 (unreleased)
+===================
+
+- No changes yet.
+
 0.0.17 (2018-10-24)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e28cb40cc36ea857d4db5ca10bca9492fbb66360..62cb9776170f1574ab74378e05719be4c6898828 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ url = https://lscsoft.docs.ligo.org/ligo.skymap/
 edit_on_github = False
 ; github_project = astropy/astropy
 # version should be PEP386 compatible (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386)
-version = 0.0.17
+version = 0.0.18dev
 # Note: you will also need to change this in your package's __init__.py
 minimum_python_version = 3.6