diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index 3e7116bca..d296efcc8 100644
--- a/common/hugo/version_current.go
+++ b/common/hugo/version_current.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package hugo
 // CurrentVersion represents the current build version.
 // This should be the only one.
 var CurrentVersion = Version{
-	Number:     0.55,
-	PatchLevel: 2,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.56,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index e13edeb1f..237d61e68 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.55.2"
+version: "0.56.0-DEV"
 summary: Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator
 description: |
   Hugo is a static HTML and CSS website generator written in Go. It is
   optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory
   with content and templates and renders them into a full HTML website.
 confinement: strict
-grade: stable # "devel" or "stable"
+grade: devel # "devel" or "stable"
 
 apps:
   hugo:
diff --git a/temp/0.55.2-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.55.2-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a9c296941..000000000
--- a/temp/0.55.2-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with a couple of important fixes.
-
-
-Hugo now has:
-
-* 34386+ [stars](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/stargazers)
-* 439+ [contributors](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/graphs/contributors)
-* 307+ [themes](http://themes.gohugo.io/)
-
-## Enhancements
-
-### Templates
-
-* Handle late transformation of templates [2957795f](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/2957795f5276cc9bc8d438da2d7d9b61defea225) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5865](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5865)
-
-### Core
-
-* Add more tests for Permalinkable [35f41834](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/35f41834ea3a8799b9b7eda360cf8d30b1b727ba) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5849](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5849)
-
-## Fixes
-
-### Core
-
-* Fix Pages reinitialization on rebuilds [9b17cbb6](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/9b17cbb62a056ea7e26b1146cbf3ba42f5acf805) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5833](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5833)
-* Fix shortcode namespace issue [56550d1e](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/56550d1e449f45ebee398ac8a9e3b9818b3ee60e) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5863](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5863)
-* Fix false WARNINGs in lang prefix check [7881b096](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/7881b0965f8b83d03379e9ed102cd0c3bce297e2) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5860](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5860)
-* Fix bundle resource publishing when multiple output formats [49d0a826](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/49d0a82641581aa7dd66b9d5e8c7d75e23260083) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5858](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5858)
-* Fix panic for unused taxonomy content files [b799b12f](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/b799b12f4a693dfeae8a5a362f131081a727bb8f) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5847](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5847)
-* Fix dates for sections with dates in front matter [70148672](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/701486728e21bc0c6c78c2a8edb988abdf6116c7) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5854](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5854)
-
-### Other
-
-* Fix WeightedPages in union etc. [f2795d4d](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/f2795d4d2cef30170af43327f3ff7114923833b1) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5850](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5850)
-
-
-
-
-