diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2ce0809..a55d2e8 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Description: In computationally demanding analysis projects,
   'clustermq' by Schubert (2019) <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btz284>),
   and 'batchtools' by Lang, Bischl, and Surmann (2017).
   <doi:10.21105/joss.00135>.
-Version: 0.0.7
+Version: 0.0.7.9000
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://wlandau.github.io/crew.aws.batch/,
   https://github.com/wlandau/crew.aws.batch
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6eca10c..4de6a58 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# crew.aws.batch 0.0.7.9000 (development)
+
+
+
 # crew.aws.batch 0.0.7
 
 * Send both cancellation and termination requests to end jobs.