diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15ba4486b0b765a82cb34c0e7ac386717d2da5ce..50ce03d0bbc76bc259746f9ae0e5dda386962d05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@ The changelog is kept as [release notes](https://github.com/smok-serwis/coolamqp
 on GitHub. This file serves to only note what changes
 have been made so far, between releases.
 
-# v1.2.8
-
-* added an option to disable tracing for particular calls
+# v1.2.9
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 6a3fa6ed24f433f2cb45dba0cd450dcfedc3142b..ae096f259030f0a4931ec390e6bae9c75e893710 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.2.8'
+__version__ = '1.2.9_a1'