diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce0655d55..5539e8ae9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v18.10: (Upcoming Release)
+
 ## v18.07:
 
 ### bdev
diff --git a/include/spdk/version.h b/include/spdk/version.h
index c94a9a18b..7ff4c1195 100644
--- a/include/spdk/version.h
+++ b/include/spdk/version.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 /**
  * Minor version number (month of original release).
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_MINOR	7
+#define SPDK_VERSION_MINOR	10
 
 /**
  * Patch level.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 /**
  * Version string suffix.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	""
+#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	"-pre"
 
 /**
  * Single numeric value representing a version number for compile-time comparisons.