diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 834f262..ffd8a2b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.0
+2.9.0-dev
diff --git a/voltha-infra/Chart.yaml b/voltha-infra/Chart.yaml
index b393234..1a3ed23 100644
--- a/voltha-infra/Chart.yaml
+++ b/voltha-infra/Chart.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     url: "https://www.opennetworking.org"
 name: voltha-infra
 
-appVersion: "2.8"
-version: 0.2.8
+appVersion: "2.9-dev"
+version: 0.3.0
 
 dependencies:
   - name: onos-classic
diff --git a/voltha-stack/Chart.yaml b/voltha-stack/Chart.yaml
index 0593c4b..78c6a91 100644
--- a/voltha-stack/Chart.yaml
+++ b/voltha-stack/Chart.yaml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
     url: "https://www.opennetworking.org"
 name: voltha-stack
 
-appVersion: "2.8"
-version: 0.2.9
+appVersion: "2.9-dev"
+version: 0.3.0
 
 dependencies:
   - name: voltha
diff --git a/voltha/Chart.yaml b/voltha/Chart.yaml
index 98efd3b..7c9f11f 100644
--- a/voltha/Chart.yaml
+++ b/voltha/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: "v1"
 name: "voltha"
-version: "2.9.7"
+version: "2.10.0"
 description: "A Helm chart for Voltha based on K8S resources in Voltha project"
 keywords:
   - "onf"
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@
 
 # app version applies to multiple components with potentially different
 # container image versions
-appVersion: "2.8"
+appVersion: "2.9-dev"