diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d19e4a83..aaf16f5f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ This changelog is intended for _humans_ and follows many of the principles from
 Versions for this project follow the [Semantic Versioning
 rules](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).  Each heading below is a version
 released to [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/nextstrain-cli/) and the date it
-was released.
+was released.  The "__NEXT__" heading below describes changes in the unreleased
+development source code and as such may not be routinely kept up to date.
+
+
+# __NEXT__
 
 
 # 8.3.0 (30 April 2024)
diff --git a/nextstrain/cli/__version__.py b/nextstrain/cli/__version__.py
index e93ed637..011135d7 100644
--- a/nextstrain/cli/__version__.py
+++ b/nextstrain/cli/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '8.3.0'
+__version__ = '8.3.0+git'