diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7ef9c6af45..040c3c6d5f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.11.0a3 released ---
+
 4380.	[experimental]	Added a "zone-directory" option to "catalog-zones"
 			syntax, allowing local masterfiles for slaves
 			that are provisioned by catalog zones to be stored
diff --git a/version b/version
index 917ef1d8d4..c65409a893 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ MAJORVER=9
 MINORVER=11
 PATCHVER=0
 RELEASETYPE=a
-RELEASEVER=2
+RELEASEVER=3
 EXTENSIONS=