diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 18abf0ee4..b68bd5f00 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+
+## 0.99.0
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Add support for OpenAPI 3.1.0. PR [#9770](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/9770) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 038e1ba86..9c4316e69 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.98.0"
+__version__ = "0.99.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status