diff --git a/elasticsearch/__init__.py b/elasticsearch/__init__.py
index 9eab5b0e..3a33eb79 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/__init__.py
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 # flake8: noqa
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-VERSION = (7, 9, 0)
+VERSION = (7, 10, 0)
 __version__ = VERSION
-__versionstr__ = "7.9.0a1"
+__versionstr__ = "7.10.0.dev0"
 
 import sys
 import logging
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78141d0e..5549a010 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 from os.path import join, dirname
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = (7, 9, 0)
+VERSION = (7, 10, 0)
 __version__ = VERSION
-__versionstr__ = "7.9.0a1"
+__versionstr__ = "7.10.0.dev0"
 
 with open(join(dirname(__file__), "README")) as f:
     long_description = f.read().strip()