diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8ca9077d87b4ff5fd45d9a1be080f972c5982592..0116f5d2c8174a0d41f43a03b99048687ee0ccaf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11.0.0-pre
+11.1.0-pre