diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a920cbc1..6de64ca4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <version>47</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6</version>
+  <version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Commons CSV</name>
   <url>http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 66cccab1..dc3ab096 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     <title>Release Notes</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.7" date="tba" description="Feature and bug fix release">
+    </release>
     <release version="1.6" date="2018-09-22" description="Feature and bug fix release">
       <action issue="CSV-231" type="update" dev="britter">Add more documentation to CSVPrinter.</action>
       <action issue="CSV-217" type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Korolyov Alexei">Add autoFlush option for CsvPrinter. PR #24.</action>
