diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3d1feb4..61758b5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ Whenever there is a need to break compatibility, it is announced here in the cha
 
 Changes for the upcoming release can be found in the ["changelog.d" directory](https://github.com/python-attrs/attrs/tree/main/changelog.d) in our repository.
 
+<!--
+Do *NOT* add changelog entries here!
+
+This changelog is managed by towncrier and is compiled at release time.
+
+See https://github.com/python-attrs/attrs/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#changelog for details.
+-->
+
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
 ## [22.2.0](https://github.com/python-attrs/attrs/tree/22.2.0) - 2022-12-21
diff --git a/src/attr/__init__.py b/src/attr/__init__.py
index 04243782..0eea7a7e 100644
--- a/src/attr/__init__.py
+++ b/src/attr/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (3, 7):  # pragma: no cover
         DeprecationWarning,
     )
 
-__version__ = "22.2.0"
+__version__ = "22.3.0.dev0"
 __version_info__ = VersionInfo._from_version_string(__version__)
 
 __title__ = "attrs"