diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index fd771d5ae4..2c4b7508f1 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (2, 2, 13, 'final', 0)
+VERSION = (2, 2, 14, 'alpha', 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)