diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b73714cdc..acfeb5149 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.1.0 [unreleased]
+--------------------------
+
+WIP
+
 Version 1.0.0 [2022-05-05]
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/openwisp_monitoring/__init__.py b/openwisp_monitoring/__init__.py
index 5d8626c43..5befe7888 100644
--- a/openwisp_monitoring/__init__.py
+++ b/openwisp_monitoring/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (1, 0, 0, 'final')
+VERSION = (1, 1, 0, 'alpha')
 __version__ = VERSION  # alias