diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 4ff5b1a4fa..9504d61429 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+3.7
+
 3.6
  * Enhanced Compaction Logging (CASSANDRA-10805)
  * Make prepared statement cache size configurable (CASSANDRA-11555)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 15f032ffa2..5c64375a68 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="3.6"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="3.7"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>