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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Type: Package
 Package: EpiNow2
 Title: Estimate Real-Time Case Counts and Time-Varying
     Epidemiological Parameters
-Version: 1.4.0
+Version: 1.4.9000
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Sam",
              family = "Abbott",
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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# EpiNow2 1.4.9000
+
 # EpiNow2 1.4.0
 
 This release contains some bug fixes, minor new features, and the initial stages of some broader improvement to future handling of delay distributions.