diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index da4520f6c6..04984a6a13 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011.02, Not yet released:
+
+	Updated/fixed packages:
+
 2010.11, Released November 30th, 2010:
 
 	Fixes all over the tree.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 596470f6f1..96db29108a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION:=2010.11
+export BR2_VERSION:=2011.02-git
 
 # This top-level Makefile can *not* be executed in parallel
 .NOTPARALLEL: