diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1b030d56..625f6cb6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Starting with version 4.0.0, `typing_extensions` uses
[Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/). See the documentation
for more detail.
+## Development version
+After a release the version is increased once in [pyproject.toml](/pyproject.toml) and
+appended with a `.dev` suffix, e.g. `4.0.1.dev`.
+Further subsequent updates are not planned between releases.
+
# Type stubs
A stub file for `typing_extensions` is maintained
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ may have installed.
# Workflow for PyPI releases
- Make sure you follow the versioning policy in the documentation
- (e.g., release candidates before any feature release)
+ (e.g., release candidates before any feature release, do not release development versions)
- Ensure that GitHub Actions reports no errors.
@@ -68,3 +73,5 @@ may have installed.
- Release automation will finish the release. You'll have to manually
approve the last step before upload.
+
+- After the release has been published on PyPI upgrade the version in number in [pyproject.toml](/pyproject.toml) to a `dev` version of the next planned release. For example, change 4.1.1 to 4.X.X.dev, see also [Development versions](#development-version). # TODO decide on major vs. minor increase.
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