diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3294c736f..a5aa66ee4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Citus 10.1devel.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for Citus 10.2devel.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='Citus'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='citus'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='10.1devel'
-PACKAGE_STRING='Citus 10.1devel'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='10.2devel'
+PACKAGE_STRING='Citus 10.2devel'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures Citus 10.1devel to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures Citus 10.2devel to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Citus 10.1devel:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of Citus 10.2devel:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-Citus configure 10.1devel
+Citus configure 10.2devel
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by Citus $as_me 10.1devel, which was
+It was created by Citus $as_me 10.2devel, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -5356,7 +5356,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by Citus $as_me 10.1devel, which was
+This file was extended by Citus $as_me 10.2devel, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -5418,7 +5418,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-Citus config.status 10.1devel
+Citus config.status 10.2devel
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 651daeef5..f92b5214c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # everyone needing autoconf installed, the resulting files are checked
 # into the SCM.
 
-AC_INIT([Citus], [10.1devel])
+AC_INIT([Citus], [10.2devel])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.])
 
 # we'll need sed and awk for some of the version commands
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/citus.control b/src/backend/distributed/citus.control
index a004b145c..624694d19 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/citus.control
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/citus.control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Citus extension
 comment = 'Citus distributed database'
-default_version = '10.1-1'
+default_version = '10.2-1'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/citus'
 relocatable = false
 schema = pg_catalog
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d11c3ac18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/citus--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- citus--10.1-1--10.2-1
+
+-- bump version to 10.2-1
+
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--10.2-1--10.1-1.sql b/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--10.2-1--10.1-1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b9bb7471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/sql/downgrades/citus--10.2-1--10.1-1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- citus--10.2-1--10.1-1
+-- this is an empty downgrade path since citus--10.1-1--10.2-1.sql is empty for now
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
index 04c15a84e..2914db9fd 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_extension.out
@@ -583,12 +583,28 @@ SELECT * FROM print_extension_changes();
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | function worker_partitioned_table_size(regclass) bigint
 (15 rows)
 
+-- Test downgrade to 10.1-1 from 10.2-1
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '10.2-1';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '10.1-1';
+-- Should be empty result since upgrade+downgrade should be a no-op
+SELECT * FROM print_extension_changes();
+ previous_object | current_object
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+-- Snapshot of state at 10.2-1
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '10.2-1';
+SELECT * FROM print_extension_changes();
+ previous_object | current_object
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
 DROP TABLE prev_objects, extension_diff;
 -- show running version
 SHOW citus.version;
  citus.version
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- 10.1devel
+ 10.2devel
 (1 row)
 
 -- ensure no unexpected objects were created outside pg_catalog
@@ -611,7 +627,7 @@ RESET citus.enable_version_checks;
 DROP EXTENSION citus;
 CREATE EXTENSION citus VERSION '8.0-1';
 ERROR:  specified version incompatible with loaded Citus library
-DETAIL:  Loaded library requires 10.1, but 8.0-1 was specified.
+DETAIL:  Loaded library requires 10.2, but 8.0-1 was specified.
 HINT:  If a newer library is present, restart the database and try the command again.
 -- Test non-distributed queries work even in version mismatch
 SET citus.enable_version_checks TO 'false';
@@ -654,7 +670,7 @@ ORDER BY 1;
 -- We should not distribute table in version mistmatch
 SELECT create_distributed_table('version_mismatch_table', 'column1');
 ERROR:  loaded Citus library version differs from installed extension version
-DETAIL:  Loaded library requires 10.1, but the installed extension version is 8.1-1.
+DETAIL:  Loaded library requires 10.2, but the installed extension version is 8.1-1.
 HINT:  Run ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE and try again.
 -- This function will cause fail in next ALTER EXTENSION
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pg_catalog.relation_is_a_known_shard(regclass)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql
index 3b179b372..7bf553e02 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_extension.sql
@@ -230,6 +230,16 @@ SELECT * FROM print_extension_changes();
 ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '10.1-1';
 SELECT * FROM print_extension_changes();
 
+-- Test downgrade to 10.1-1 from 10.2-1
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '10.2-1';
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '10.1-1';
+-- Should be empty result since upgrade+downgrade should be a no-op
+SELECT * FROM print_extension_changes();
+
+-- Snapshot of state at 10.2-1
+ALTER EXTENSION citus UPDATE TO '10.2-1';
+SELECT * FROM print_extension_changes();
+
 DROP TABLE prev_objects, extension_diff;
 
 -- show running version
diff --git a/src/test/regress/upgrade/config.py b/src/test/regress/upgrade/config.py
index 8069ef5cb..56bd1f844 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/upgrade/config.py
+++ b/src/test/regress/upgrade/config.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MIXED_AFTER_CITUS_UPGRADE_SCHEDULE = './mixed_after_citus_upgrade_schedule'
 
 MASTER = 'master'
 # This should be updated when citus version changes
-MASTER_VERSION = '10.1'
+MASTER_VERSION = '10.2'
 
 HOME = expanduser("~")