diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index ad63cc38..76faa95b 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PlatformIO Core 6
 6.1.1 (2022-??-??)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* Show "TimeoutError" only in the verbose mode when finding a serial port
+* Show "TimeoutError" only in the verbose mode when can not find a serial port
 
 6.1.0 (2022-07-06)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 16f1a628..95b43254 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-VERSION = (6, 1, "1a1")
+VERSION = (6, 1, "1a2")
 __version__ = ".".join([str(s) for s in VERSION])
 
 __title__ = "platformio"