diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b85f23ad5df5eb566752d877c2dc2e0aa8a5290d..05ed17620fb9e00b917975991e8125801d156a50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.2.3
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.2.2
 
 * snakehouse will pass the remaining arguments to Multibuild to Cython's Extension
diff --git a/snakehouse/__init__.py b/snakehouse/__init__.py
index 49ccbca74027d1238ffcfe302cee179094c8a095..d504b6da292ccf33d2523adfa53b3a5359beb93c 100644
--- a/snakehouse/__init__.py
+++ b/snakehouse/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .build import build
 from .multibuild import Multibuild
 
-__version__ = '1.2.2'
+__version__ = '1.2.3_a1'