diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97613a1c..47cb7b72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [dev](https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/branch/dev)
+
+- _nothing yet done_
+
 ## [v2.2.4](https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/releases/tag/2.2.4) - 2023-11-03
 
 - Update template to 2.10
diff --git a/assets/multiqc_config.yml b/assets/multiqc_config.yml
index 435afefa..74c7de72 100644
--- a/assets/multiqc_config.yml
+++ b/assets/multiqc_config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 report_comment: >
-  This report has been generated by the <a href="https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/releases/tag/2.2.4" target="_blank">nf-core/smrnaseq</a>
+  This report has been generated by the <a href="https://github.com/nf-core/smrnaseq/releases/tag/dev" target="_blank">nf-core/smrnaseq</a>
   analysis pipeline. For information about how to interpret these results, please see the
-  <a href="https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq/2.2.4/docs/output" target="_blank">documentation</a>.
+  <a href="https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq/dev/docs/output" target="_blank">documentation</a>.
 report_section_order:
   "nf-core-smrnaseq-methods-description":
     order: -1000
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 2fb69a90..2038c633 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ manifest {
     description     = """Small RNA-Seq Best Practice Analysis Pipeline."""
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
     nextflowVersion = '!>=23.04.0'
-    version = '2.2.4'
+    version = '2.3dev'
     doi             = '10.5281/zenodo.3456879'
 }