diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d9a03a9e5a2d424d6281bc0fb9200e72d8a8a825..267637b120a9d4f19113301424c51c1570b0f50b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.10
+1.8.11
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index e38c23293a6aebfbfb2f40b63c2784661201c1fd..8689ccba7f65f9658c821a53ccbf8d0f99bda240 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 8        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 10       // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 8          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 11         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.