begin working on next version
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index c438546..a1e4e00 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
# The short X.Y version.
version = '2.4'
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.4.3'
+release = '2.4.dev4'
# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
# for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 6da5470..bb1affc 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 2
#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 4
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH 3
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH dev4
/// Include Python header, disable linking to pythonX_d.lib on Windows in debug mode
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index 2709cc5..5bf3483 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (2, 4, 3)
+version_info = (2, 4, 'dev4')
__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))