diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 324eb6014cdea6cafe323c91e48ae4eeb3e8ea3b..cbacc859a9c3a61fe331c7f1e0de9d2e22035e96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-# v2.18.8
-
-* added parameter to unpack_dict
-* minor import fixes and optimizations
-* fixed a major histogram metric bug where ge would get replaced by le
+# v2.18.9
diff --git a/satella/__init__.py b/satella/__init__.py
index a0959af171914e9f31ea7601a2e23cbb140eb381..9e3d5cd9f8cc25778c5eb09912016ecf604bce9a 100644
--- a/satella/__init__.py
+++ b/satella/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '2.18.8'
+__version__ = '2.18.9a1'
+