4 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c03e4274..fdfad54a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 News
 ====
 
+0.7.1a
+------
+
+Placeholder
+
 0.7.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/cmd2.py b/cmd2.py
index 08d355b0..0ac73d9b 100755
--- a/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     ipython_available = False
 
-__version__ = '0.7.0'
+__version__ = '0.7.1a'
 
 # Pyparsing enablePackrat() can greatly speed up parsing, but problems have been seen in Python 3 in the past
 pyparsing.ParserElement.enablePackrat()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1bc0e8f9..b5923430 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Setuptools setup file, used to install or test 'cmd2'
 """
 from setuptools import setup
 
-VERSION = '0.7.0'
+VERSION = '0.7.1a'
 DESCRIPTION = "Extra features for standard library's cmd module"
 
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = """cmd2 is an enhancement to the standard library's cmd module for Python 2.7
diff --git a/tests/test_cmd2.py b/tests/test_cmd2.py
index 18995db5..6f9afd4d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmd2.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmd2.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from conftest import run_cmd, normalize, BASE_HELP, HELP_HISTORY, SHORTCUTS_TXT,
 
 
 def test_ver():
-    assert cmd2.__version__ == '0.7.0'
+    assert cmd2.__version__ == '0.7.1a'
 
 
 def test_base_help(base_app):