diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b2bb94ad0aa..04953b91bf87 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    AC_INIT([suricata],[7.0.3])
+    AC_INIT([suricata],[7.0.4-dev])
     m4_ifndef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [m4_define([AM_SILENT_RULES],[])])AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
     AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/autoconf.h])
     AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/suricata.c])
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b880be418506..6df1358f075f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Format:
 #
 #   name {repo} {branch|tag}
-libhtp https://github.com/OISF/libhtp 0.5.46
-suricata-update https://github.com/OISF/suricata-update 1.3.0
+libhtp https://github.com/OISF/libhtp 0.5.x
+suricata-update https://github.com/OISF/suricata-update master