diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index dda64def1..af6f1bdf3 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:     0.75,
-	PatchLevel: 1,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.76,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index d0914252f..f22c05281 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.75.1"
+version: "0.76.0-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/0.75.1-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.75.1-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 34ce73d2a..000000000
--- a/temp/0.75.1-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with a couple of important fixes.
-
-* resources/image: Fix nilpointer for images with no Exif [cd00f7f9](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/cd00f7f9661d67951ef16c5198541f09f1c058b4) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7688](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7688)
-* modules/npm: Preserve the original package.json if it exists [214afe4c](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/214afe4c1bb9c37bc6159e659d66ba9a268a2849) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7690](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7690)
-* tpl: Fix grammar in the new 'requires non-zero' error message [cd830bb0](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/cd830bb0275fc39240861627ef26e146985b5c86) [@nekr0z](https://github.com/nekr0z) 
-
-
-