diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index 89fc4008b..2ba80ee8b 100644
--- a/common/hugo/version_current.go
+++ b/common/hugo/version_current.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package hugo
 // CurrentVersion represents the current build version.
 // This should be the only one.
 var CurrentVersion = Version{
-	Number:     0.98,
+	Number:     0.99,
 	PatchLevel: 0,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 33cb9d744..32ce2553c 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description: |
 license: "Apache-2.0"
 base: core20
 confinement: strict
-grade: stable # "devel" or "stable"
+grade: devel # "devel" or "stable"
 
 package-repositories:
   - type: apt
diff --git a/temp/0.98.0-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.98.0-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f28eb1bf0..000000000
--- a/temp/0.98.0-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-This release represents **29 contributions by 3 contributors** to the main Hugo code base.
-Many have also been busy writing and fixing the documentation in [hugoDocs](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs),
-which has received **2 contributions by 2 contributors**.
-
-Hugo now has:
-
-* 58549+ [stars](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/stargazers)
-* 428+ [contributors](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/graphs/contributors)
-* 399+ [themes](http://themes.gohugo.io/)
-
-
-## Notes
-
-* Deprecate page.Author and page.Authors 097fd588 @bep 
-* releaser: Add release notes for 0.97.3 [ci skip] 7d9f8880 @bep 
-* releaser: Add release notes for 0.97.2 [ci skip] 99ec88d4 @bep 
-* releaser: Add release notes for 0.97.1 [ci skip] 45607255 @bep 
-
-
-## Changes
-
-* docs: Regen docs helper a4fff575 @bep 
-* Some godoc adjustments and image struct renames fa80fe3c @bep 
-* tpl/crypto: Add FNV32a 11047534 @bep 
-* markup/goldmark: Fix attribute nilpointer d7b54a4c @bep 
-* deps: Update to gocloud.dev v0.24.0 13ceef75 @bep 
-* build(deps): bump github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure from 1.4.3 to 1.5.0 942d0dd2 @dependabot[bot] 
-* deps: Update github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.11 => v1.4.12 a022ca27 @jmooring #9054 #9756 #9757 
-* build(deps): bump github.com/evanw/esbuild from 0.14.36 to 0.14.38 d56b3395 @dependabot[bot] 
-* deps: Update github.com/tdewolff/minify/v2 v2.11.1 => v2.11.2 55e28c23 @jmooring #9820 
-* Some godoc adjustments 9a888c24 @bep 
-* tpl/lang: Handle nil values in lang.Merge 05b45c35 @bep 
-* resources/page: Mark some more interface methods as internal 625be77e @bep 
-* Deprecate page.Author and page.Authors 097fd588 @bep 
-* releaser: Prepare repository for 0.98.0-DEV 41cc4e4b @bep 
-* releaser: Bump versions for release of 0.97.3 078053a4 @bep 
-* releaser: Add release notes for 0.97.3 [ci skip] 7d9f8880 @bep 
-* Fix syncing of /static regression 9b352f04 @bep #9794 #9788 
-* Revert "Revert "Fix PostProcess regression for hugo server"" e66e2e9c @bep #9794 
-* releaser: Prepare repository for 0.98.0-DEV 5de6f8a0 @bep 
-* releaser: Bump versions for release of 0.97.2 5099abe6 @bep 
-* releaser: Add release notes for 0.97.2 [ci skip] 99ec88d4 @bep 
-* Revert "Fix PostProcess regression for hugo server" 6c35a1a9 @bep 
-* releaser: Prepare repository for 0.98.0-DEV 363bc907 @bep 
-* releaser: Bump versions for release of 0.97.1 04efcb2a @bep 
-* releaser: Add release notes for 0.97.1 [ci skip] 45607255 @bep 
-* Fix PostProcess regression for hugo server 4deb5c60 @bep #9788 
-* Fix MediaType when reading images from cache 397fce56 @bep #8931 
-* deps: Upgrade github.com/bep/overlayfs v0.4.0 => v0.5.0 0093eaa6 @bep #9783 
-* releaser: Prepare repository for 0.98.0-DEV d0f731c0 @bep 
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