diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index dfd4f90e..ca477d2d 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # QuantumLeap Release Notes
 
+## 1.0.1
+
+### New features
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+### Continuous Integration
+
+### Documentation
+
+### Technical debt
+
 ## 1.0.0
 
 ### New features
diff --git a/specification/quantumleap.yml b/specification/quantumleap.yml
index 770e90ab..14506d80 100644
--- a/specification/quantumleap.yml
+++ b/specification/quantumleap.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 swagger: '2.0'  # For 3.0 see (https://github.com/zalando/connexion/issues/420)
 info:
   title: "QuantumLeap API"
-  version: "1.0.0"      # we'll keep it aligned with QL version
+  version: "1.0.1-dev"      # we'll keep it aligned with QL version
 host: "localhost:8668"  # it'll run in the same container, hence localhost.
 produces:
   - text/plain
diff --git a/src/reporter/tests/test_version.py b/src/reporter/tests/test_version.py
index a8646986..6f59e354 100644
--- a/src/reporter/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/src/reporter/tests/test_version.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ def test_version():
     r = requests.get('{}'.format(version_url))
     assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
     assert r.json() == {
-        "version": "1.0.0"
+        "version": "1.0.1-dev"
     }
diff --git a/src/reporter/version.py b/src/reporter/version.py
index 0dbe142b..f78f0734 100644
--- a/src/reporter/version.py
+++ b/src/reporter/version.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 def version():
     return {
-        'version': '1.0.0'
+        'version': '1.0.1-dev'
     }