diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 01b5207..c880bd7 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
  </lead>
  <date>2014-10-23</date>
  <version>
-  <release>0.5.5</release>
+  <release>0.5.6dev</release>
   <api>0.5.0</api>
  </version>
  <stability>
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
  </stability>
  <license>BSD, revised</license>
  <notes><![CDATA[
-- Re-add the default configureoption for the PEAR/PECL installer
-- Let JSON be decoded to arrays unless the fetch type is FETCH_OBJECT
-* Fix remaining build issues
+*
 ]]></notes>
  <contents>
   <dir name="/">
diff --git a/php_pq.h b/php_pq.h
index d110e11..172aa80 100644
--- a/php_pq.h
+++ b/php_pq.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef PHP_PQ_H
 #define PHP_PQ_H
 
-#define PHP_PQ_VERSION "0.5.5"
+#define PHP_PQ_VERSION "0.5.6dev"
 
 #ifdef PHP_WIN32
 #	define PHP_PQ_API __declspec(dllexport)