diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7dee2197..734fea67 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes in GAP.jl
 
+## Version 0.9.8-DEV (released YYYY-MM-DD)
+
+- Allow GAP.Obj(x,true) for recursive conversion (#910. #925)
+- Improve documentation on special GAP syntax (#922)
+- Work around a potential crash when GAP launches subprocesses (#906)
+- Various janitorial changes
+
 ## Version 0.9.7 (released 2023-06-26)
 
 - Allow passing a path to `GAP.Packages.load` instead of a package name
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 7a8b2120..c7fdb69a 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "GAP"
 uuid = "c863536a-3901-11e9-33e7-d5cd0df7b904"
 authors = ["Thomas Breuer <sam@math.rwth-aachen.de>", "Sebastian Gutsche <gutsche@mathematik.uni-siegen.de>", "Max Horn <horn@mathematik.uni-kl.de>"]
-version = "0.9.7"
+version = "0.9.8-DEV"
 
 [deps]
 Artifacts = "56f22d72-fd6d-98f1-02f0-08ddc0907c33"
diff --git a/gap/systemfile.g b/gap/systemfile.g
index c5f09159..a0ab4a03 100644
--- a/gap/systemfile.g
+++ b/gap/systemfile.g
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     # and such that it is available when user files get read
     # via the GAP command line.
     deps:= SHALLOW_COPY_OBJ( GAPInfo.Dependencies.NeededOtherPackages );
-    APPEND_LIST_INTR( deps, [ [ "JuliaInterface", ">=0.9.7" ] ] );
+    APPEND_LIST_INTR( deps, [ [ "JuliaInterface", ">=0.9.8-DEV" ] ] );
     GAPInfo.Dependencies:= MakeImmutable( rec( NeededOtherPackages:= deps ) );
 
     # force the --norepl option to be on
diff --git a/pkg/JuliaExperimental/PackageInfo.g b/pkg/JuliaExperimental/PackageInfo.g
index f584a9f1..e9ecd435 100644
--- a/pkg/JuliaExperimental/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/pkg/JuliaExperimental/PackageInfo.g
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SetPackageInfo( rec(
 
 PackageName := "JuliaExperimental",
 Subtitle := "Experimental code for the GAP Julia integration",
-Version := "0.9.7",
-Date := "26/06/2023", # dd/mm/yyyy format
+Version := "0.9.8-DEV",
+Date := "26/07/2023", # dd/mm/yyyy format
 License := "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 
 Persons := [
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ PackageDoc := rec(
 Dependencies := rec(
   GAP := ">= 4.11",
   NeededOtherPackages := [ ],
-  OtherPackagesLoadedInAdvance := [ [ "JuliaInterface", ">=0.9.7" ] ], 
+  OtherPackagesLoadedInAdvance := [ [ "JuliaInterface", ">=0.9.8-DEV" ] ], 
   SuggestedOtherPackages := [ ],
   ExternalConditions := [ ],
 ),
diff --git a/pkg/JuliaInterface/PackageInfo.g b/pkg/JuliaInterface/PackageInfo.g
index 37dda3a5..ec627692 100644
--- a/pkg/JuliaInterface/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/pkg/JuliaInterface/PackageInfo.g
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SetPackageInfo( rec(
 
 PackageName := "JuliaInterface",
 Subtitle := "Interface to Julia",
-Version := "0.9.7",
-Date := "26/06/2023", # dd/mm/yyyy format
+Version := "0.9.8-DEV",
+Date := "26/07/2023", # dd/mm/yyyy format
 License := "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 
 Persons := [