diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index ab25f0a..661d0d6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.2.0 [Unreleased]
+--------------------------
+
+Work in progress.
+
 Version 1.1.1 [2024-11-20]
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/django_loci/__init__.py b/django_loci/__init__.py
index 5327dc4..60e34a6 100644
--- a/django_loci/__init__.py
+++ b/django_loci/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (1, 1, 1, 'final')
+VERSION = (1, 2, 0, 'alpha')
 __version__ = VERSION  # alias
 
 
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 6f871ee..0a55cfd 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ pytest-django~=4.9.0
 pytest-asyncio~=0.24.0
 pytest-cov~=5.0.0
 responses~=0.25.3
-openwisp-utils[qa]~=1.1.1
+openwisp-utils[qa] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0c9d272..2cc3e8b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ channels~=3.0.4
 django-leaflet~=0.31.0
 Pillow~=10.4.0
 geopy~=2.4.1
-openwisp-utils~=1.1.0
+openwisp-utils @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2