diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index a9db8511f..1badda2c1 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.97
+current_version = 0.9.98-dev
 commit = True
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(?:-(?P<release>[0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?(?:\+(?P<build>[0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index f1b50eea7..1f2e69b7b 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 author = "Charles Tapley Hoyt"
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "0.9.97"
+release = "0.9.98-dev"
 
 # The short X.Y version.
 parsed_version = re.match(
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cde2550c5..1804b6179 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Configuring setup()
 [metadata]
 name = bioregistry
-version = 0.9.97
+version = 0.9.98-dev
 description = Integrated registry of biological databases and nomenclatures
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
diff --git a/src/bioregistry/version.py b/src/bioregistry/version.py
index e3d951092..ed7d9c10e 100644
--- a/src/bioregistry/version.py
+++ b/src/bioregistry/version.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "get_git_hash",
 ]
 
-VERSION = "0.9.97"
+VERSION = "0.9.98-dev"
 
 
 def get_git_hash() -> Optional[str]: