diff --git a/components/package.json b/components/package.json
index 01c5545e503..82cd7446c69 100644
--- a/components/package.json
+++ b/components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "defectdojo",
-  "version": "2.40.2",
+  "version": "2.41.0-dev",
   "license" : "BSD-3-Clause",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/dojo/__init__.py b/dojo/__init__.py
index a924075055d..be4cc157e16 100644
--- a/dojo/__init__.py
+++ b/dojo/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
 from .celery import app as celery_app  # noqa: F401
 
-__version__ = "2.40.2"
+__version__ = "2.41.0-dev"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo"
 __docs__ = "https://documentation.defectdojo.com"
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
index ff59c76c305..cef251c3c01 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: "2.40.2"
+appVersion: "2.41.0-dev"
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes to install DefectDojo
 name: defectdojo
-version: 1.6.160
+version: 1.6.161-dev
 icon: https://www.defectdojo.org/img/favicon.ico
 maintainers:
   - name: madchap