diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6a4e59827b99bab3122518dcae837a431a16e35..e9c1a5afefd6137a5cc66e2ea0843e5220bde0fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v0.107:
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v0.106:
 
 * bugfix release: `NodeDefinition` is now properly str-able
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 9c7de3a7d7142643d3721cc097b55c31931c25a6..7d410608f8b6d1917ccfeb57634c0d96386867f9 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # coding=UTF-8
-__version__ = '0.106'
+__version__ = '0.107rc1'