diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: bslib
 Title: Custom 'Bootstrap' 'Sass' Themes for 'shiny' and 'rmarkdown'
-Version: 0.8.0
+Version: 0.8.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Carson", "Sievert", , "carson@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4958-2844")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# bslib (development version)
+
 # bslib 0.8.0
 
 ## Breaking changes