diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76250d2a46..3b5b57db49 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 setup_args.update(dict(
     name='holoviews',
-    version="1.6.2",
+    version="1.7dev4",
     install_requires = install_requires,
     extras_require = extras_require,
     description='Stop plotting your data - annotate your data and let it visualize itself.',