diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 99cd79b14b..288d57559f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2011.11, Not released yet:
+
 2011.08, Released August 31th, 2011:
 
 	Fixes all over the tree.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ed46fce57..8779d3f1fb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION:=2011.08
+export BR2_VERSION:=2011.11-git
 
 # This top-level Makefile can *not* be executed in parallel
 .NOTPARALLEL: