diff --git a/doc/development/release_notes.md b/doc/development/release_notes.md
index 7c84f8dcfab..79234a2fad4 100644
--- a/doc/development/release_notes.md
+++ b/doc/development/release_notes.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Release notes
 
 This page contains the release notes for PennyLane.
 
+.. mdinclude:: ../releases/changelog-dev.md
+
 .. mdinclude:: ../releases/changelog-0.33.0.md
 
 .. mdinclude:: ../releases/changelog-0.32.0.md
diff --git a/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce71f62e89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/releases/changelog-dev.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+:orphan:
+
+# Release 0.34.0-dev (development release)
+
+<h3>New features since last release</h3>
+
+<h3>Improvements 🛠</h3>
+
+<h3>Breaking changes 💔</h3>
+
+<h3>Deprecations 👋</h3>
+
+<h3>Documentation 📝</h3>
+
+<h3>Bug fixes 🐛</h3>
+
+<h3>Contributors ✍️</h3>
+
+This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
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diff --git a/pennylane/_version.py b/pennylane/_version.py
index e8ee0d09124..20b73814b70 100644
--- a/pennylane/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.33.0"
+__version__ = "0.34.0-dev"