diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 102a87b696..6f6b795458 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -15,14 +15,22 @@ using the provided 'sstableupgrade' tool.
 
 2.0.11
 ======
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+    - Nothing specific to this release, but refer to previous entries if you
+      are upgrading from a previous version.
+
 New features
 ------------
     - DateTieredCompactionStrategy added, optimized for time series data and groups
       data that is written closely in time (CASSANDRA-6602 for details). Consider
       this experimental for now.
 
+
 2.0.10
 ======
+
 New features
 ------------
     - CqlPaginRecordReader and CqlPagingInputFormat have both been removed.
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 829c873c8a..8c23407f05 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="2.0.10"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="2.0.11"/>
     <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"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e0b1eae726..39d9520ff3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (2.0.11) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Sylvain Lebresne <slebresne@apache.org>  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:01:02 +0200
+
 cassandra (2.0.10) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release