diff --git a/doc/src/conf.py b/doc/src/conf.py
index 6d50760..f1fc4fe 100644
--- a/doc/src/conf.py
+++ b/doc/src/conf.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ author = 'Oracle'
 # other places throughout the built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '7.0'
+version = '7.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '7.0.0'
+release = '7.1.0-dev'
 
 # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 # non-false value, then it is used:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4a84fba..a1e7fd1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ except:
     from distutils.extension import Extension
 
 # define build constants
-BUILD_VERSION = "7.0.0"
+BUILD_VERSION = "7.1.0-dev"
 
 # setup extra link and compile args
 extraLinkArgs = []