diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
index 3a5c3b5a6ca..4ebdb797d7d 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import os as _os, sys as _sys
 
-__version__ = "1.0.1"
+__version__ = "1.0.2"
 
 from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
 from _ctypes import _Pointer
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4df89dade95..87f16292903 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Core and builtins
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- The version number of the ctypes package was changed to "1.0.2".
+
 - Patch #1544279: Improve thread-safety of the socket module by moving
   the sock_addr_t storage out of the socket object.