diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05f7a92e3f0e80c0a524efc9d03c30e6be7b618f..6df9eaf2531cd74529c08a7621d78521f1efd97f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.0.1:
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.0:
 
 * first solid API release
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 5eb7dae9ceab53f8900c0ec0c73d42793ecf6e54..ce2fbe334830d0ea2f9721d64990d01eb109d465 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # coding=UTF-8
-__version__ = '1.0'
+__version__ = '1.0.1_a1'