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We present a $0.8-2.5\,\mu$m spectrum of the Very Late Thermal Pulse objectV4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object), obtained in 2020 September. The spectrum displaysa continuum that rises strongly to longer wavelengths, and is considerablybrighter than the most recent published spectrum obtained seven years earlier.At the longer wavelengths the continuum is well fitted by a blackbody with atemperature of $624\pm8$ K. However, there is excess continuum at the shortestwavelengths that we interpret as being due to hot dust that has very recentlyformed in an environment with C/O $\simeq2.5$. Other possible sources for thisexcess continuum are discussed - such as the stellar photosphere dimly seenthrough the dust shell, and light scattered off the inner wall of the dusttorus - but these interpretations seem unlikely. Numerous emission lines arepresent, including those of HeI, CI, [CI], and OI. Our observations confirmthat emission in the HeI 1.083$\,\mu$m and [CI] 0.9827/0.9852$\,\mu$m lines isspatially extended. The [CI] line fluxes suggest that the electron densityincreased by an order of magnitude between 2013 and 2020, and that these twolines may soon disappear from the spectrum. The flux ratio of the 1.083$\,\mu$mand 2.058$\,\mu$m HeI lines is consistent with the previously-assumedinterstellar extinction. The stellar photosphere remains elusive, and thecentral star may not be as hot as suggested by current evolutionary models.

V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object): still churning out the dust