diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 81c6004c..267eaa2a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+v1.1-head 2017-xx-xx  The Irssi team <staff@irssi.org>
+
 v1.0.0 2017-01-03  The Irssi team <staff@irssi.org>
 	* Removed --disable-ipv6 (#408).
 	* /connect Network now aborts with an error if no servers have been
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4aa1f3cc..15ae74b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT(irssi, 1.0.0)
+AC_INIT(irssi, 1.1-head)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)