diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index deaea18c2..3b34a76f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Changelog for 24.04
+
 ## Changelog for 23.12
 
 * log: add log to file support, see mtl_openlog_stream.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 34291177a..51ec2f023 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-23.12.0
+24.04.0