diff --git a/qtpy/__init__.py b/qtpy/__init__.py
index 68d92771..697f23ae 100644
--- a/qtpy/__init__.py
+++ b/qtpy/__init__.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 from packaging.version import parse
 
 # Version of QtPy
-__version__ = "2.4.2"
+__version__ = "2.5.0.dev0"
 
 
 class PythonQtError(RuntimeError):