diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5a8bac0854..957a98900c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.11.0rc3 released ---
+
 4471.	[cleanup]	Render client/query logging format consistent for
 			ease of log file parsing. (Note that this affects
 			"querylog" format: there is now an additional field
diff --git a/lib/dns/api b/lib/dns/api
index c519e7fd4c..ea1b622448 100644
--- a/lib/dns/api
+++ b/lib/dns/api
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 # 9.10: 140-149
 # 9.11: 160-169
 LIBINTERFACE = 166
-LIBREVISION = 1
+LIBREVISION = 2
 LIBAGE = 0
diff --git a/version b/version
index ff2335f926..171b68594f 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ MAJORVER=9
 MINORVER=11
 PATCHVER=0
 RELEASETYPE=rc
-RELEASEVER=2
+RELEASEVER=3
 EXTENSIONS=