diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 7a6cfd9..498616c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 1.2.0 [Unreleased]
+--------------------------
+
+Work in progress.
+
 Version 1.1.0 [2024-11-21]
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/openwisp_ipam/__init__.py b/openwisp_ipam/__init__.py
index 5616c29..60e34a6 100644
--- a/openwisp_ipam/__init__.py
+++ b/openwisp_ipam/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = (1, 1, 0, 'final')
+VERSION = (1, 2, 0, 'alpha')
 __version__ = VERSION  # alias
 
 
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 76ec861..87f7ddd 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-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 da09962..060389a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-openwisp-users~=1.1.0
-openwisp-utils[rest]~=1.1.1
+openwisp-users @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-users/tarball/1.2
+openwisp-utils[rest] @ https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-utils/tarball/1.2
 django-reversion~=5.1.0
 openpyxl~=3.1.5