diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1c5035a8fe3bb0bfe1aa46523f2f339ee8ca37b..7abe425250c0cb54ef78028295a3b92344010388 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 * v0.96:
 
 * Python 3.6 and 3.7 officially supported and tested against. Also same done for PyPY 3.5
+* fixing #40
 
 * v0.95:
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3de7e5cf2e67c35e938999ab0fe49a7029043867..b20709d171892e02a6fdae47f7befb864dc9f902 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [metadata]
 description-file = README.md
 name = CoolAMQP
-version = 0.96a1
+version = 0.96a2
 license = MIT License
 classifiers = 
     Programming Language :: Python