diff --git a/version.mk b/version.mk
index 519ff141d967d7320b66eddd07db12b3b44d34e0..175c1d942b12ff3d30eadf141aade60e8fa7b92a 100644
--- a/version.mk
+++ b/version.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # static version string; update manually every release.
-PACKAGE_VERSION = "1.1-beta"
+PACKAGE_VERSION = "1.1.x-git"