diff --git a/contrib/proton-hawtdispatch/pom.xml b/contrib/proton-hawtdispatch/pom.xml
index dce26d6..c44423f 100644
--- a/contrib/proton-hawtdispatch/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/proton-hawtdispatch/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.11.0-beta</version>
+    <version>0.11.0-rc</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/contrib/proton-jms/pom.xml b/contrib/proton-jms/pom.xml
index aae8c79..bbdf13c 100644
--- a/contrib/proton-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/proton-jms/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.11.0-beta</version>
+    <version>0.11.0-rc</version>
     <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/engine/java/pom.xml b/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
index a1ebe61..125b582 100644
--- a/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.11.0-beta</version>
+    <version>0.11.0-rc</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml b/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
index 5cf73b3..fd4878f 100644
--- a/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.11.0-beta</version>
+    <version>0.11.0-rc</version>
     <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml b/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
index 101b141..76c5ed7 100644
--- a/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.11.0-beta</version>
+    <version>0.11.0-rc</version>
     <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 284e4eb..bc930f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
   <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-  <version>0.11.0-beta</version>
+  <version>0.11.0-rc</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/proton-j/pom.xml b/proton-j/pom.xml
index 82a0405..40b074a 100644
--- a/proton-j/pom.xml
+++ b/proton-j/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.11.0-beta</version>
+    <version>0.11.0-rc</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index ae514f8..19e2b9f 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.11.0-beta</version>
+    <version>0.11.0-rc</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>The Proton system tests execute against either the Java or the C implementations,
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index f9ebc3f..3762e20 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.11.0-beta
+0.11.0-rc