diff --git a/version.pri b/version.pri
index 1be86531b..f275efc56 100644
--- a/version.pri
+++ b/version.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PROJECT_NAME = qbittorrent
-PROJECT_VERSION = 2.9.0
+PROJECT_VERSION = 2.10.0alpha
 
 os2 {
     DEFINES += VERSION=\'\"v$${PROJECT_VERSION}\"\'
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ os2 {
 }
 
 DEFINES += VERSION_MAJOR=2
-DEFINES += VERSION_MINOR=9
+DEFINES += VERSION_MINOR=10
 DEFINES += VERSION_BUGFIX=0