diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a17fbf8f06..d8f7c77d37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Changelog
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+TODO
+
 ## [2.9.3] - 2019-08-10
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/lib/mastodon/version.rb b/lib/mastodon/version.rb
index 99d709c980..bd49f0a173 100644
--- a/lib/mastodon/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mastodon/version.rb
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ module Mastodon
     module_function
 
     def major
-      2
+      3
     end
 
     def minor
-      9
+      0
     end
 
     def patch
-      3
+      0
     end
 
     def flags
-      ''
+      'rc1'
     end
 
     def suffix