diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 4a63a50402..f4d744aa79 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+4.1-alpha2
+Merged from 4.0:
+ * silence benign SslClosedEngineException (CASSANDRA-17565)
+Merged from 3.11:
+Merged from 3.0:
+
+
 4.1-alpha1
  * Handle config parameters upper bound on startup; Fix auto_snapshot_ttl and paxos_purge_grace_period min unit validations (CASSANDRA-17571)
  * Fix leak of non-standard Java types in our Exceptions as clients using JMX are unable to handle them.
@@ -168,7 +175,6 @@
  * GossiperTest.testHasVersion3Nodes didn't take into account trunk version changes, fixed to rely on latest version (CASSANDRA-16651)
  * Update JNA library to 5.9.0 and snappy-java to version 1.1.8.4 (CASSANDRA-17040)
 Merged from 4.0:
- * silence benign SslClosedEngineException (CASSANDRA-17565)
 Merged from 3.11:
 Merged from 3.0:
  * Fix issue where frozen maps may not be serialized in the correct order (CASSANDRA-17623)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 21d78a690a..a4030a6a9c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="4.1-alpha1"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="4.1-alpha2"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8c12192818..5c193b9550 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (4.1~alpha2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Mick Semb Wever <mck@apache.org>  Fri, 20 May 2022 22:02:50 +0200
+
 cassandra (4.1~alpha1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release