diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 7ca8c9760e0a23c7d23e7cb00ce26da77c2b7da8..336c216ae5ac8f8f073edc28df4e057b46e7ed4e 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_Configuration {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public function getVersion() {
-		return '1.11.x';
+		return '1.11.0-rc1';
 	}