diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7c95cce9..8941d7e60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v21.01.1: (Upcoming Release)
+
 ## v21.01: Dynamic scheduler, vfio-user, ZNS Zone Append
 
 ### bdev
diff --git a/include/spdk/version.h b/include/spdk/version.h
index 494c5c479..4d601bd1b 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	0
+#define SPDK_VERSION_PATCH	1
 
 /**
  * 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 2237635a8..29dcac16b 100644
--- a/pkg/spdk.spec
+++ b/pkg/spdk.spec
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 %bcond_with doc
 
 Name: spdk
-Version: 21.01
+Version: 21.01.x
 Release: 0%{?dist}
 Epoch: 0
 URL: http://spdk.io
 
-Source: https://github.com/spdk/spdk/archive/v21.01.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}
diff --git a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
index 122c1e078..b9d99cb6b 100755
--- a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
+++ b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
@@ -49,17 +49,6 @@ function confirm_abi_deps() {
 	fi
 
 	cat << EOF > ${suppression_file}
-[suppress_type]
-	name = spdk_nvme_ctrlr_data
-[suppress_type]
-	type_kind = enum
-	changed_enumerators = SPDK_BDEV_NUM_IO_TYPES
-[suppress_type]
-	name = spdk_env_opts
-[suppress_type]
-	name = spdk_app_opts
-[suppress_type]
-	name = spdk_thread
 EOF
 
 	for object in "$libdir"/libspdk_*.so; do