diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3a7acf5fdbb3a80228961ea47ff34eef0ff07d8..64be275657ab09f6c952392fcd9ad4e81c250fbd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.1.1
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.1
 
 * added the capability to insert standard `Extension`s
diff --git a/snakehouse/__init__.py b/snakehouse/__init__.py
index ae5f2a938be8f373bcb7594f262a44a0c9d8014c..891acea1fa8ee614f16aa960dd5f8cde59339f24 100644
--- a/snakehouse/__init__.py
+++ b/snakehouse/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .build import build
 from .multibuild import Multibuild
 
-__version__ = '1.1'
+__version__ = '1.1.1_a1'
\ No newline at end of file