diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index 169f19b4901..7847b831d33 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.11.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.11.0-alpha
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index a7eec6fd4bc..1b7e6f1341e 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var (
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
 
-	VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+	VersionPrerelease = "alpha"
 
 	VersionMetadata = ""
 )