diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fd94346df3..ae5f75d33c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2012.11, Not released yet:
+
 2012.08, Release August 31th, 2012
 
 	Updated/fixed packages: microperl, cups, luajit, rrdtool,
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f4f75144a4..b81170fadb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION:=2012.08
+export BR2_VERSION:=2012.11-git
 
 # Check for minimal make version (note: this check will break at make 10.x)
 MIN_MAKE_VERSION=3.81