diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b5563be0d..0046d28b07 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY
 # version string, else they are combined with the result of `git describe`.
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 1)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "") # for package maintainers
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "-dev") # for package maintainers
 
 # API level
 set(NVIM_API_LEVEL 9)         # Bump this after any API change.