diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ad1890f24b80efa70cf41ca65b17196e79aa43f..21e3b24531d7e7e5f00251f3ac7bebcf9756241e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.2.4
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.2.3
 
 * bugfix release: don't bind if queue is topic
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 5a5df3bef9411afd80104d7639b2b0ed4aa7b8eb..afa761ab38f3378f25641f693e21b7e9fa6bf2ee 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.2.3'
+__version__ = '1.2.4_a1'