diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86d11a7486e672f20c94dcfa18133974c03bba15..ec44b09bfa2871a8aba2ac95a3e44aa359470b17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v2.1.10
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v2.1.9
 
 * bugfix release: fixed an occurrence where next calls to 
diff --git a/satella/__init__.py b/satella/__init__.py
index 2f9e7820fe0c8d1cdf7902fe1c91dd47e7a6e2da..12f88c0c659270c60779fbfb572ee28fc49138dd 100644
--- a/satella/__init__.py
+++ b/satella/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # coding=UTF-8
-__version__ = '2.1.9'
+__version__ = '2.1.10a1'