diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index da85a4b00..45fc62892 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:     0.60,
-	PatchLevel: 1,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.61,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index bc4e123ed..9b2983a8d 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.60.1"
+version: "0.61.0-DEV"
 summary: Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator
 description: |
   Hugo is a static HTML and CSS website generator written in Go. It is
   optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory
   with content and templates and renders them into a full HTML website.
 confinement: strict
-grade: stable # "devel" or "stable"
+grade: devel # "devel" or "stable"
 
 apps:
   hugo:
diff --git a/temp/0.60.1-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.60.1-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ab7037408..000000000
--- a/temp/0.60.1-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with a couple of important fixes.
-
-* deps: Update minify [86a5b59f](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/86a5b59f64dd6c4d338a9e091e98cd0ad6d4824f) [@MeiK2333](https://github.com/MeiK2333) [#6475](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6475)
-* Fix headless regression [bb80fff6](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/bb80fff69ad3f2ddff23819bf6eb6f4b8512dc2a) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#6552](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6552)
-* deps: Update Goldmark [347cfb0c](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/347cfb0c17b08626250180e8a84b53fc4800473f) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#6549](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6549)[#6551](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6551)
-* hugolib: Fix timeout number parsing for YAML/JSON config [b60ae35b](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/b60ae35b97c4f44b9b09fcf06c863c695bc3c73a) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#6555](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6555)
-
-
-