diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97b9372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - dependabot[bot]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd58b3e..c4d1387 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # pluginrpc-go
 
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diff --git a/pluginrpc.go b/pluginrpc.go
index 0ec22cd..d563a37 100644
--- a/pluginrpc.go
+++ b/pluginrpc.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package pluginrpc
 
 const (
 	// Version is the semantic version of the pluginrpc module.
-	Version = "0.6.0"
+	Version = "0.7.0-dev"
 
 	// IsAtLeastVersion0_1_0 is used in compile-time handshake's with pluginrpc's generated code.
 	IsAtLeastVersion0_1_0 = true