diff --git a/lib/puppet/version.rb b/lib/puppet/version.rb
index 52eda363ff0..951e98882a3 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/version.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/version.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Raketasks and such to set the version based on the output of `git describe`
 
 module Puppet
-  PUPPETVERSION = '8.11.0'
+  PUPPETVERSION = '99.99.99'
 
   ##
   # version is a public API method intended to always provide a fast and
diff --git a/puppet.gemspec b/puppet.gemspec
index ed1944f5965..11f39624140 100644
--- a/puppet.gemspec
+++ b/puppet.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name = "puppet"
-  spec.version = "8.11.0"
+  spec.version = "99.99.99"
   spec.licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
 
   spec.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new("> 1.3.1")