diff --git a/version.mk b/version.mk
index a4fdd7f4b7a53e10b703329bbf754229e827d7a6..07cfb18d36e71f623e35624747cc7663635f9b53 100644
--- a/version.mk
+++ b/version.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# static version string; update manually every release.
-OPUS_VERSION = "1.0.1"
+# static version string; update manually before and afer every release.
+OPUS_VERSION = "1.1.x"