diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9ee33723..5e03f6eb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-What's new in version 3.0.6 (not released yet)
+What's new in version 3.1.0 (not released yet)
 
 * Change available / used memory reporting on Linux to be based on
   MemAvailable (Kernel 3.14+) (thanks to Chris Cheney and Tomas Wido)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 451b83f4..cd6da57d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([htop], [3.0.6-dev], [htop@groups.io], [], [https://htop.dev/])
+AC_INIT([htop], [3.1.0-dev], [htop@groups.io], [], [https://htop.dev/])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([htop.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])