diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8d9b17a47d8462ae248eb0e0a0c5b7fec16de75..a00c02e5499702a36040a028957355c6253b932d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.1.1
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.1
 
 * added optional tracing via opentracing
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 28ddcff6bc80a0a202e79ea8aeacf2e7b610825a..462080ac85b4849941624e6e8f07778cc91d0458 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # coding=UTF-8
-__version__ = '1.1'
+__version__ = '1.1.1_a1'