diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index 852901c87..c0eb5baf1 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:     0.69,
-	PatchLevel: 2,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.70,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 4c57c1187..36f190bf1 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.69.2"
+version: "0.70.0-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/0.69.2-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.69.2-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 56e4673ff..000000000
--- a/temp/0.69.2-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with a couple of important fixes.
-
-* Fix IsAncestor and IsDescendant when the same page is passed [8d5766d4](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/8d5766d417d6564a1aa1cbe8f9a29ab9bba22371) [@tekezo](https://github.com/tekezo) 
-* deps: Update goldmark-highlighting [5c41f41a](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/5c41f41ad4b14e48aea64687a7600f5ad231e879) [@satotake](https://github.com/satotake) [#7027](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7027)[#6596](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6596)
-* Fix IsAncestor and IsDescendant under subsection [27a4c441](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/27a4c4410cd9592249925fb14b32605fb961c597) [@tekezo](https://github.com/tekezo) 
-
-
-