diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66a95531..66f07034 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                         / _|__ _(_) |_  ) |__  __ _ _ _  
                        |  _/ _` | | |/ /| '_ \/ _` | ' \ 
                        |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
-                       v0.9.2.dev              2015/xx/xx
+                       v0.9.2.dev0             2015/xx/xx
 
 ## Fail2Ban: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
 
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index faf0ed93..16880efb 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -197,5 +197,5 @@ Add the following to the top of the ChangeLog::
 Alter the git shortlog command in the previous section to refer to the just
 released version.
 
-and adjust fail2ban/version.py to carry .dev suffix to signal
+and adjust fail2ban/version.py to carry .dev0 suffix to signal
 a version under development.
diff --git a/fail2ban/version.py b/fail2ban/version.py
index 15dde8b5..7f26206a 100644
--- a/fail2ban/version.py
+++ b/fail2ban/version.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier, Yaroslav Halchenko, Steven Hiscocks, Daniel Black"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier, 2005-2015 Yaroslav Halchenko, 2013-2014 Steven Hiscocks, Daniel Black"
 __license__ = "GPL-v2+"
 
-version = "0.9.2.dev"
+version = "0.9.2.dev0"