diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 729586be..4948ccfb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is partly based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and [PEP 440](https://peps.python.org/pep-0440/)
 
+## [Unreleased] 2.3.5.dev
+
 ## [2.3.4] - 2022-12-07
 - Removed LegacyVersion use; this fixes the issue with packaging 22.0.
 - Fixed typos in the README.
diff --git a/safety/VERSION b/safety/VERSION
index 3f684d2d..c0d9366b 100644
--- a/safety/VERSION
+++ b/safety/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.3.4
+2.3.5.dev