diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 778b079..44e2a55 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name = 'voltha',
-    version = '1.4.0',
+    version = '2.0.0-dev',
     author = 'Open Networking Foundation, et al',
     author_email = 'info@opennetworking.org',
     description = ('Virtual Optical Line Terminal (OLT) Hardware Abstraction'),
diff --git a/voltha/VERSION b/voltha/VERSION
index 88c5fb8..d72f262 100644
--- a/voltha/VERSION
+++ b/voltha/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.0
+2.0.0-dev