diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc5b23cfa69b2d600bdaf2c902aa2f331017290f..a707250e8171dea67800c4232e3b06c9058212af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# v1.2.1
+
+* _TBA_
+
 # v1.2
 
 * fixed issue #1
diff --git a/snakehouse/__init__.py b/snakehouse/__init__.py
index 23448b0ee1871ad685c87c51dea8113dd89ee664..f0e1638274eafe010ac18563c66cca30bb09ce0e 100644
--- a/snakehouse/__init__.py
+++ b/snakehouse/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .build import build
 from .multibuild import Multibuild
 
-__version__ = '1.2'
+__version__ = '1.2.1_a1'