diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 19a0ddb4..c650283b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: RMariaDB
 Title: Database Interface and MariaDB Driver
-Version: 1.3.3
+Version: 1.3.3.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kirill", "Müller", , "kirill@cynkra.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1416-3412")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4864e9fc..891b3369 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# RMariaDB 1.3.3.9000 (2024-11-22)
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- Adjust datetime format in `dbQuoteLiteral()` for `MySQLConnection` (@jjaeschke, #353).
+
+## Continuous integration
+
+- Correctly detect branch protection (#354).
+
+
 # RMariaDB 1.3.3 (2024-11-18)
 
 ## Bug fixes