diff --git a/docs/source/release-notes/3.3.0.rst b/docs/source/release-notes/3.3.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c1747b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/release-notes/3.3.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+3.3.0 -- 2016-xx-yy
+-------------------
+
+You can view the `3.3.0 milestone`_ on GitLab for more details.
+
+
+.. links
+.. _3.3.0 milestone:
+    https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/milestones/16
diff --git a/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst b/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
index aa86351..38317de 100644
--- a/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ with the newest releases first.
 ==================
 
 .. toctree::
+    3.3.0
     3.2.1
     3.2.0
     3.1.1
diff --git a/src/flake8/__init__.py b/src/flake8/__init__.py
index e6e2c22..59a4df5 100644
--- a/src/flake8/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flake8/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ LOG.addHandler(NullHandler())
 # Clean up after LOG config
 del NullHandler
 
-__version__ = '3.2.1'
+__version__ = '3.3.0.dev0'
 __version_info__ = tuple(int(i) for i in __version__.split('.') if i.isdigit())