diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 7a9118486..e7775a430 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.6
+current_version = 0.9.7-dev
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\-(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
index f8fa1143e..ef04da1be 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Aviary Version
       description: What version of Aviary is being used.
-      placeholder: "0.9.6"
+      placeholder: "0.9.7-dev"
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: textarea
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index c44eee143..4a174317b 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ identifiers:
 repository-code: 'https://github.com/OpenMDAO/Aviary'
 repository: 'https://github.com/OpenMDAO/Aviary_Community'
 license: Apache-2.0
-version: 0.9.3
+version: 0.9.7
diff --git a/aviary/__init__.py b/aviary/__init__.py
index 50533e307..b336982d3 100644
--- a/aviary/__init__.py
+++ b/aviary/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.9.6"
+__version__ = "0.9.7-dev"