diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcc088f841194f090c9249d66c256939f2cbd591..1642698906b0bd2d732c391ad45dbf9b749cb7ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.5
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.4
 
 * added `find_pyx`, `find_c` and `find_pyx_and_c`
diff --git a/snakehouse/__init__.py b/snakehouse/__init__.py
index 265bd2cc346456d8acc9d77011203ac3436811c9..9901d656df9db45fbf6479fd4050c17803435b5a 100644
--- a/snakehouse/__init__.py
+++ b/snakehouse/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ from .multibuild import Multibuild
 from .faster_builds import monkey_patch_parallel_compilation
 from .requirements import read_requirements_txt, find_c, find_pyx_and_c, find_pyx
 
-__version__ = '1.4'
+__version__ = '1.5a1'