diff --git a/jupyterhub/_version.py b/jupyterhub/_version.py
index eec6c65a..e063b1c4 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/_version.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/_version.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 version_info = (
     0,
     8,
-    1,
-    # 'dev',
+    2,
+    'dev',
 )
 
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))