diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0b6adb362..28b3fd65e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 -- the release version. Normally major.minor[.bugfix], must be numeric.
--- Eg: 0.5, 0.5.1 (a bugfix release), 0.5.98 (= 0.6 alpha), 0.5.99 (= 0.6 beta)
-0.3.98
+-- examples: 0.5, 0.5.1 (a bugfix release), 0.5.98 (0.6 alpha), 0.5.99 (0.6 beta)
+0.3.99
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Version.hs b/Version.hs
index d3425974b..b364a5365 100644
--- a/Version.hs
+++ b/Version.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Ledger.Utils
 import Options (progname)
 
 -- updated by build process from VERSION
-version       = "0.3.98"
+version       = "0.3.99"
 -- PATCHES defined by build process from repo state
 buildversion  = version ++ "." ++ PATCHES
 
diff --git a/hledger.cabal b/hledger.cabal
index 956af9276..70365c757 100644
--- a/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           hledger
 -- updated by build process from VERSION
-Version:        0.3.98
+Version:        0.3.99
 Category:       Finance
 Synopsis:       A ledger-compatible text-based accounting tool.
 Description:    hledger is a haskell clone of John Wiegley's "ledger" text-based