diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 27b930d23a..c4e47346fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Please view this file on the master branch, on stable branches it's out of date.
 
+v 7.10.0 (unreleased)
+
 v 7.9.0 (unreleased)
   - Add HipChat integration documentation (Stan Hu)
   - Update documentation for object_kind field in Webhook push and tag push Webhooks (Stan Hu)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e5d25bf79a..67fc32adab 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.9.0.pre
+7.10.0.pre