diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f76d0f8..f739989 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog for aiodogstatsd
 
+## 0.17.0 (20XX-XX-XX)
+
 ## 0.16.0 (2021-12-12)
 
 - Added Python 3.10.* support
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9cafc0a..94d9305 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ skip = ".eggs,.venv,venv"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "aiodogstatsd"
-version = "0.16.0.post0"
+version = "0.17.0-alpha.0"
 description = "An asyncio-based client for sending metrics to StatsD with support of DogStatsD extension"
 authors = [
     "Nikita Grishko <gr1n@protonmail.com>"