diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e37c07085f3916ed6e0c28c31e4a1d10351ec6a..dcbdac99205725b2db2a1f0a847db39e2cfeb091 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.2.2
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.2.1
 
 * enabled declaring anonymous queues
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 3f262a6347da4a5fbac352d050c1fa0a409f7b75..6840c94f650a3ec9a0003af525059d1d365de192 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.2.1'
+__version__ = '1.2.2_a1'