diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0688b0d..c69d96a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## 2.10.0
+
 ## 2.9.0
 
 ### Language
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 346e376..b03de39 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #  * Deprecating an old ABI version:
 #     - increase OLDEST_SUPPORTED_ABI_VERSION to the version that is supported.
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 10
 PATCH 0