diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index 0c460577e9..b4af75e716 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export WM_PROJECT=OpenFOAM
-export WM_PROJECT_VERSION=1.6
+export WM_PROJECT_VERSION=dev
 
 ################################################################################
 # USER EDITABLE PART
diff --git a/etc/cshrc b/etc/cshrc
index bc5f325dd6..39a5210ca0 100644
--- a/etc/cshrc
+++ b/etc/cshrc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 setenv WM_PROJECT OpenFOAM
-setenv WM_PROJECT_VERSION 1.6
+setenv WM_PROJECT_VERSION dev
 
 ################################################################################
 # USER EDITABLE PART