diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77da452414aad1e3470d99bf26627ab43417dc04..e9c660a4412eff7ccfa2fc3cac242eca89716366 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.0.2
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.0.1
 
 * standard C files will be allowed in the builds
diff --git a/snakehouse/__init__.py b/snakehouse/__init__.py
index 40c1e2d24571c7317082f26a2b463b4583477b23..0600218e20cd5d0f3656e5f0ed96c67e878422eb 100644
--- a/snakehouse/__init__.py
+++ b/snakehouse/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .build import build
 from .multibuild import Multibuild
 
-__version__ = '1.0.1'
+__version__ = '1.0.2a1'