diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d6f897d2..41aa47fd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+## 0.12.9 (Unreleased)
 ## 0.12.8 (September 04, 2019)
 
 NEW FEATURES:
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 8802846e8..df328f2f3 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 // The main version number that is being run at the moment.
-var Version = "0.12.8"
+var Version = "0.12.9"
 
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-var Prerelease = ""
+var Prerelease = "dev"
 
 // SemVer is an instance of version.Version. This has the secondary
 // benefit of verifying during tests and init time that our version is a