diff --git a/src/dirtyfields/__init__.py b/src/dirtyfields/__init__.py
index 2ad39c2..c0bb43c 100644
--- a/src/dirtyfields/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dirtyfields/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """
 
 __all__ = ['DirtyFieldsMixin']
-__version__ = "1.9.5"
+__version__ = "1.9.6.dev0"
 from dirtyfields.dirtyfields import DirtyFieldsMixin
 
 VERSION = tuple(map(int, __version__.split(".")[0:3]))