diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: volcalc
 Title: Calculate Volatility of Chemical Compounds
-Version: 1.0.2
+Version: 1.0.2.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kristina", "Riemer", , "kristinariemer@arizona.edu", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-3802-3331")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# volcalc (development version)
+
 # volcalc 1.0.2