diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5927fe2..d6f6a62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def rotate_credentials_out(project):
 1. remove "dev" from version no in build.py
 1. git commit -am "release"
 2. git tag [version]
-4. git push && git push --tag
+4. git push --tag
 5. increase version no in build.py & append *.dev
 7. git commit -am "version bump"
 8. git push
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 3afdb46..3b5cb66 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use_plugin("python.distutils")
 default_task = "publish"
 
 name = "ddadevops"
-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.8.7.dev"
 summary = "tools to support builds combining gopass, terraform, dda-pallet, aws & hetzner-cloud"
 description = __doc__
 authors = [Author("meissa GmbH", "buero@meissa-gmbh.de")]