diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28401d4ada0e3bdd1c66166f67620d1497b2ea6b..1f1caa543aeadfd0b259f0e67ddb8a9b18ed89dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v0.102:
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v0.101:
 
 * bugfix: a race condition during connection setup itself
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 983abe89542b9d0ea0bbe78c171cb0d3b598e4d6..ddd847c4a973b97754c20a30c77efca1a199eb7c 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # coding=UTF-8
-__version__ = '0.101'
+__version__ = '0.102a1'