diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 933318a66..c22c5bad6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Version 3.3.3
+====
+
+Backported fixes from Python 3 only 4.x development.
+
+* Exclude test packages from distribution. #740
+* RTR crash fix in canutils log reader parsing RTR frames. #713
+* Skip J1939 messages in ASC Reader. #701
+* Exposes a configuration option to allow the CAN message player to send error frames
+  (and sets the default to not send error frames). #690
+* Fixes the semantics provided by periodic tasks in SocketCAN interface. #638
+* Avoid padding CAN_FD_MESSAGE_64 objects to 4 bytes. #628
+* Fixes the broken CANalyst-II interface. #617
+* Socketcan BCM status fix. #605
+
+
 Version 3.3.2
 ====
 
diff --git a/can/__init__.py b/can/__init__.py
index 481dc29e3..c467396c8 100644
--- a/can/__init__.py
+++ b/can/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import logging
 
-__version__ = "3.3.3"
+__version__ = "3.3.3-alpha.0"
 
 log = logging.getLogger('can')