diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index fe58416ce..5f647aa3a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 History is important, but our current roadmap can be found [here](https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter/projects)
 
+
+## 2.1.2 (unreleased)
+
 ## 2.1.1 (2022-06-01)
 
 ### Documentation updates
diff --git a/cookiecutter/__init__.py b/cookiecutter/__init__.py
index f0e3a2c38..a54486529 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/__init__.py
+++ b/cookiecutter/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """Main package for Cookiecutter."""
-__version__ = "2.1.1"
+__version__ = "2.1.2.dev0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b057835e..7c6a677b2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """cookiecutter distutils configuration."""
 from setuptools import setup
 
-version = "2.1.1"
+version = "2.1.2.dev0"
 
 with open('README.md', encoding='utf-8') as readme_file:
     readme = readme_file.read()