diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54e733f0..289f0210 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ 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).
 
+## \[2.1.0] - Unreleased
+### Added
+- TDB
+
+### Changed
+- TDB
+
+### Deprecated
+- TDB
+
+### Removed
+- TDB
+
+### Fixed
+- TDB
+
+### Security
+- TDB
+
 ## \[2.0.0] - 2022-03-04
 ### Added
 - Handle attributes coming from nuclio detectors (<https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/cvat/pull/3917>)
diff --git a/cvat/__init__.py b/cvat/__init__.py
index 534ef79d..818535d2 100644
--- a/cvat/__init__.py
+++ b/cvat/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 from cvat.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (2, 0, 0, 'final', 0)
+VERSION = (2, 1, 0, 'alpha', 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)