diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f853efa0..26f6f4be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,32 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## \[1.6.0] - Unreleased
+
+### Added
+
+-
+
+### Changed
+
+-
+
+### Deprecated
+
+-
+
+### Removed
+
+-
+
+### Fixed
+
+-
+
+### Security
+
+-
+
 ## \[1.5.0] - 2021-08-02
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/cvat/__init__.py b/cvat/__init__.py
index 52ec08c4..9c9b39e4 100644
--- a/cvat/__init__.py
+++ b/cvat/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 from cvat.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (1, 5, 0, 'final', 0)
+VERSION = (1, 6, 0, 'alpha', 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)