diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 206e0c1b2..50980e6c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.12.0 (Unreleased)
+
+The following are the significant changes since 0.12.0-rc1.
+
+
 ## 0.12.0-rc1 (May 7, 2019)
 
 The following are the significant changes since 0.12.0-beta2.
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 5ca6ffbb3..e6cc16506 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var Version = "0.12.0"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-var Prerelease = "rc1"
+var Prerelease = "dev"
 
 // SemVer is an instance of version.Version. This has the secondary
 // benefit of verifying during tests and init time that our version is a