diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da0bb5d2a..b9b8d1559 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [NEXT]
+
 ## [2021.11] 2021-12-01
 
 - Use https protocol in github SRC_URI
diff --git a/sources/meta-yoe/conf/distro/yoe.inc b/sources/meta-yoe/conf/distro/yoe.inc
index fa083189a..515a1cd96 100644
--- a/sources/meta-yoe/conf/distro/yoe.inc
+++ b/sources/meta-yoe/conf/distro/yoe.inc
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ MAINTAINER = "Yoe Distro Community <http://yoedistro.org>"
 TARGET_VENDOR = "-yoe"
 SDK_VENDOR = "-yoesdk"
 # Distro version is YYYY.MM
-DISTRO_VERSION = "2021.11"
-DISTRO_CODENAME = "langhe"
+DISTRO_VERSION = "2021.12-rc.1"
+DISTRO_CODENAME = "masai"
 SDK_VERSION := "${DISTRO_VERSION}"
 
 SDK_NAME_PREFIX = "yoe"