diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0207e2c4..cc045f98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.2.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0-alpha.1) (2021-02-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add block patterns ([#23](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/issues/23)) ([a273a40](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/commit/a273a40c0056cf09879d491083c2ca2321413896))
+
 # [1.1.0](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-listings/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0) (2020-12-18)
 
 
diff --git a/newspack-listings.php b/newspack-listings.php
index 5a667ff1..e549f47b 100644
--- a/newspack-listings.php
+++ b/newspack-listings.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Author URI:      https://newspack.pub
  * Text Domain:     newspack-listings
  * Domain Path:     /languages
- * Version:         1.1.0
+ * Version:         1.2.0-alpha.1
  *
  * @package         Newspack_Listings
  */
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 263746d5..3b362f1a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "newspack-listings",
-	"version": "1.1.0",
+	"version": "1.2.0-alpha.1",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0b73931..7bf71658 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "newspack-listings",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0-alpha.1",
   "description": "",
   "scripts": {
     "cm": "git-cz",