diff --git a/nlmod/version.py b/nlmod/version.py
index 427fcd7b..657773b8 100644
--- a/nlmod/version.py
+++ b/nlmod/version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from importlib import metadata
 from platform import python_version
 
-__version__ = "0.8.1"
+__version__ = "0.8.2.dev0"
 
 
 def show_versions() -> None: