diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c8a120ab..077052504 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.75.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-blocks/compare/v1.74.0...v1.75.0-alpha.1) (2023-09-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add category filter for the categories in the blocks ([#1528](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-blocks/issues/1528)) ([ebbfce9](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-blocks/commit/ebbfce99dd78521fe5624be81df43c3ba3f8c731))
+
 # [1.74.0](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-blocks/compare/v1.73.0...v1.74.0) (2023-08-24)
 
 
diff --git a/newspack-blocks.php b/newspack-blocks.php
index d5d0cd9e9..40ecd1e76 100755
--- a/newspack-blocks.php
+++ b/newspack-blocks.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Author URI:      https://newspack.blog/
  * Text Domain:     newspack-blocks
  * Domain Path:     /languages
- * Version:         1.74.0
+ * Version:         1.75.0-alpha.1
  *
  * @package         Newspack_Blocks
  */
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_FILE', __FILE__ );
 define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__BLOCKS_DIRECTORY', 'dist/' );
 define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_DIR', plugin_dir_path( NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_FILE ) );
-define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__VERSION', '1.74.0' );
+define( 'NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__VERSION', '1.75.0-alpha.1' );
 
 require_once NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_DIR . 'includes/class-newspack-blocks.php';
 require_once NEWSPACK_BLOCKS__PLUGIN_DIR . 'includes/class-newspack-blocks-api.php';
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3bb69e45b..4c2616050 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "@automattic/newspack-blocks",
-	"version": "1.74.0",
+	"version": "1.75.0-alpha.1",
 	"lockfileVersion": 2,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "@automattic/newspack-blocks",
-			"version": "1.74.0",
+			"version": "1.75.0-alpha.1",
 			"hasInstallScript": true,
 			"license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
 			"dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1926083ae..d6a39eb42 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@automattic/newspack-blocks",
-	"version": "1.74.0",
+	"version": "1.75.0-alpha.1",
 	"author": "Automattic",
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@rushstack/eslint-patch": "^1.3.3",