diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19c4aeed36459ade68b6893d1a53434e5c6b8b31..d47a25764d699c5f636708ffdc222763f4aa089e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.2.1
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.2
 
 * added queue.bind
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 64477cf29211637d0eddbb4f4004ba5a337aab48..b6974b05e5a327346bef5b8527dda0e3532b1b10 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.2'
+__version__ = '1.2.1_a1'