diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index 20e161c00..52a3922e2 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:     0.71,
-	PatchLevel: 1,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.72,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 8cc80522c..e629e1877 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 name: hugo
 base: core
-version: "0.71.1"
+version: "0.72.0-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"
 license: Apache-2.0
 
 apps:
diff --git a/temp/0.71.1-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.71.1-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 64c460175..000000000
--- a/temp/0.71.1-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with a couple of important fixes.
-
-* Add some more date test cases [81f56332](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/81f5633245bf123fbe7ad78eec51ae7b4e6c177a) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7310](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7310)
-* Fix RenderString vs render hooks [9698b0da](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/9698b0dab11f52d52145e85ff71311d2f103cb4e) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7265](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7265)
-* Prevent WARNINGs in RenderString [32344fe3](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/32344fe3db862584e3f926d63bdf33b7fa7d22f7) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
-* Fix IsAncestor/IsDescendant for taxonomies [4d7fa9f1](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/4d7fa9f114c62ae2ec12257203ed21b0e4d69a04) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7305](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7305)
-* Fix GetPage on section/bundle name overlaps [a985efce](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/a985efcecf44afe1d252690ec0a00cf077974f44) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7301](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7301)
-* Fix Go template script escaping [6c3c6686](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/6c3c6686f5d3c7155e2d455b07ac8ab70f42cb88) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#6695](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6695)
-* Add a test helper [c34bf485](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/c34bf48560c91c8a2fa106867af7b08a569609b5) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
-
-
-