diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7b3e545..7ca02e73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This is the changelog for SpotBugs Gradle Plugin. This follows [Keep a Changelog
 
 Currently the versioning policy of this project follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) from version 1.6.0.
 
+## Unreleased - 2019-??-??
+
 ## 1.6.11 - 2019-03-10
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 22de59de..640ac8c6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/sonar.gradle"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/deploy.gradle"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/spotless.gradle"
 
-version = '1.6.11'
+version = '1.7.0-SNAPSHOT'
 group = "com.github.spotbugs"
 def spotBugsVersion = '3.1.12'
 def slf4jVersion = '1.8.0-beta4'