From 4b59ba259fd3a11357814e05a7691f5cd76b1b56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:29:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] build: bump version

---
 CHANGES.rst         | 6 ++++++
 coverage/version.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 13e3c1eb9..ff40f698c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ upgrading your version of coverage.py.
     ..  Version 9.8.1 — 2027-07-27
     ..  --------------------------
 
+Unreleased
+----------
+
+Nothing yet.
+
+
 .. scriv-start-here
 
 .. _changes_7-6-0:
diff --git a/coverage/version.py b/coverage/version.py
index f1f2993ba..9ce5e35a7 100644
--- a/coverage/version.py
+++ b/coverage/version.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 # version_info: same semantics as sys.version_info.
 # _dev: the .devN suffix if any.
-version_info = (7, 6, 0, "final", 0)
-_dev = 0
+version_info = (7, 6, 1, "alpha", 0)
+_dev = 1
 
 
 def _make_version(