diff --git a/.github/configs/version_control.json b/.github/configs/version_control.json
index 548b940e..22060a33 100644
--- a/.github/configs/version_control.json
+++ b/.github/configs/version_control.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "current_version": "2.45.1",
-  "previous_version": "2.45.1dev0",
+  "current_version": "2.46.0dev0",
+  "previous_version": "2.45.1",
   "last_stable_release": "2.45.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/subsearch/data/version.py b/src/subsearch/data/version.py
index 99ca0c3d..8b83e387 100644
--- a/src/subsearch/data/version.py
+++ b/src/subsearch/data/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.45.1"
+__version__ = "2.46.0dev0"