diff --git a/coredata.py b/coredata.py
index 03d848bb5..78a8ef0e9 100644
--- a/coredata.py
+++ b/coredata.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import pickle
 
-version = '0.6.0'
+version = '0.7.0-research'
 
 # This class contains all data that must persist over multiple
 # invocations of Meson. It is roughly the same thing as