diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 09895f50bfdae..c59a28f5d2487 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 13)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 2)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2016)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2017)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION,[[Bitcoin Core and Omni Core]])
 define(_OMNICORE_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
 define(_OMNICORE_VERSION_MINOR, 2)
-define(_OMNICORE_VERSION_PATCH, 0)
+define(_OMNICORE_VERSION_PATCH, 99)
 define(_OMNICORE_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 AC_INIT([Omni Core],[_OMNICORE_VERSION_MAJOR._OMNICORE_VERSION_MINOR._OMNICORE_VERSION_PATCH],[https://github.com/OmniLayer/omnicore/issues],[omnicore],[http://www.omnilayer.org/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
diff --git a/src/omnicore/test/version_tests.cpp b/src/omnicore/test/version_tests.cpp
index 27a70dd2f41da..2b44d3aac4cc3 100644
--- a/src/omnicore/test/version_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/omnicore/test/version_tests.cpp
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(version_comparison)
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(version_string)
 {
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(OmniCoreVersion(), "0.2.0");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(OmniCoreVersion(), "0.2.99");
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(version_number)
 {
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(OMNICORE_VERSION, 20000000);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(OMNICORE_VERSION, 20099000);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(config_package_version)
 {
     // the package version is used in the file names:
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(PACKAGE_VERSION, "0.2.0");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(PACKAGE_VERSION, "0.2.99");
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/omnicore/version.h b/src/omnicore/version.h
index ffe7dc56567fb..2d4364266d8f4 100644
--- a/src/omnicore/version.h
+++ b/src/omnicore/version.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #define OMNICORE_VERSION_MINOR       2
 
 // Increase with every patch, which is not a feature or consensus affecting
-#define OMNICORE_VERSION_PATCH       0
+#define OMNICORE_VERSION_PATCH       99
 
 // Non-public build number/revision (usually zero)
 #define OMNICORE_VERSION_BUILD       0