diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8e20a2f7ee4d717404255625b31685fc681d945..d61037f2018044dc8006f69da64b83c1d987361c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v2.26.1
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v2.26.0
 
 * **breaking change**: DictObject will no longer announce it's presence via __str__ and __repr__. It will just display
diff --git a/satella/__init__.py b/satella/__init__.py
index 4e71e9adf0111fc0bcba9504862e4f48c9220f0e..468444d3b671c0409e2431f5d56e7aa7e8216fdf 100644
--- a/satella/__init__.py
+++ b/satella/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.26.0'
+__version__ = '2.26.1a1'