diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66c2d01c34c0d843d9f1346dd189c00fdaf883a6..b63ac90d475d0f5ada1396aa2e40f5266d3aab73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v0.106:
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v0.105:
 
 * listener thread will be prctl()ed if [prctl](https://pypi.org/project/python-prctl/) is installed
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 96e99369f17679c5512310d99bdfbf3c3bf8b447..9f2cf2890d67e4714a36f18e32c8c86dacc47954 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # coding=UTF-8
-__version__ = '0.105'
+__version__ = '0.106a1'