diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac5241f..d263115 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
+## v2.15.0-alpha1 / 2018 Sep 8
+
+```clojure
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.15.0-alpha1"]
+```
+
+> This is is a maintenance release, and should be non-breaking but **please report any problems** - thanks!
+
+* **Impl**: Update a number of dependencies
+* **Impl**: Refactor encryption utils for extra flexibility in future
+
 ## v2.14.0 / 2017 Dec 21
 
 ```clojure
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5273d25..989682a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 **[CHANGELOG]** | [API] | current [Break Version]:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.14.0"] ; Stable, see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.14.0"]        ; Stable
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.15.0-alpha1"] ; Dev, see CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 > Please consider helping to [support my continued open-source Clojure/Script work]? 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 5d82771..afc8400 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.14.0"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.15.0-alpha1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "High-performance serialization library for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"