diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 06b3fa9eb..d85d311bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Flask-AppBuilder ChangeLog
 ==========================
 
+Improvements and Bug fixes on 5.1.0rc1
+-----------------------------------
+
+- feat: SAML Authentication (#2426) [Daniel Vaz Gaspar]
+- fix: update user.changed_on when roles are modified (#2423) [alok kumar priyadarshi]
+
 Improvements and Bug fixes on 5.0.2
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/flask_appbuilder/__init__.py b/flask_appbuilder/__init__.py
index 9e3de43bf..9fd3c869e 100644
--- a/flask_appbuilder/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_appbuilder/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 __author__ = "Daniel Vaz Gaspar"
-__version__ = "5.0.2"
+__version__ = "5.1.0rc1"
 
 from .actions import action  # noqa: F401
 from .api import ModelRestApi  # noqa: F401