From 6e7bc817474685da3d721bf727b60143e231ee46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladislav Perevezentsev <vladislav.perevezentsev@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:35:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add stub for new dev cycle

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9dc8bfa..eff67b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+# [dev] (MM/DD/YYYY)
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Fixed
+
 ## [1.5.0] (08/12/2026)
 
 ### Added

From dde9dc2190e459af03d78f1e52d0ff57a16111cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladislav Perevezentsev <vladislav.perevezentsev@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:37:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bump version to 1.6.0dev0

---
 docs/source/conf.py    | 2 +-
 mkl_random/_version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 27e957e..ac55bf4 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 project = "mkl_random"
 copyright = "2017-2026, Intel Corp."
 author = "Intel Corp."
-release = "1.5.0"
+release = "1.6.0dev0"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
diff --git a/mkl_random/_version.py b/mkl_random/_version.py
index 5b60188..9da88ed 100644
--- a/mkl_random/_version.py
+++ b/mkl_random/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0dev0"