diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ It profits from these great projects:
 **h5ai** uses [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
+### develop branch
+
+* ...
+
+
 ### v0.24.1 - *2014-04-09*
 
 * security fixes! (issues #268, #269)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "h5ai",
-  "version": "0.24.1",
+  "version": "0.24.1+",
   "description": "a modern HTTP web server index",
   "url": "http://larsjung.de/h5ai/",
   "author": "Lars Jung",