diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c25e7f79..792364ea6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v21.01.2: (Upcoming Release)
+
 ## v21.01.1:
 
 ### dpdk
diff --git a/include/spdk/version.h b/include/spdk/version.h
index 1de5af4a4..edb901fa7 100644
--- a/include/spdk/version.h
+++ b/include/spdk/version.h
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
  * Patch level is incremented on maintenance branch releases and reset to 0 for each
  * new major.minor release.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_PATCH	1
+#define SPDK_VERSION_PATCH	2
 
 /**
  * Version string suffix.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	""
+#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	"-pre"
 
 /**
  * Single numeric value representing a version number for compile-time comparisons.
diff --git a/pkg/spdk.spec b/pkg/spdk.spec
index 1a204a43f..407a6876c 100644
--- a/pkg/spdk.spec
+++ b/pkg/spdk.spec
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 %bcond_with doc
 
 Name: spdk
-Version: 21.01.1
+Version: 21.01.x
 Release: 0%{?dist}
 Epoch: 0
 URL: http://spdk.io
 
-Source: https://github.com/spdk/spdk/archive/v21.01.1.tar.gz
+Source: https://github.com/spdk/spdk/archive/v21.01.x.tar.gz
 Summary: Set of libraries and utilities for high performance user-mode storage
 
 %define package_version %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}