diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d504a14..1f085f1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-depressionbot version 0.1 (respite)
+depressionbot version 0.2-dev (respite)
 
 "He called his bot depressionbot, and that's when he was happy."