diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index b3fa1a8653..c708aeadcc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
  * Fix LCS splitting sstable base on uncompressed size (CASSANDRA-4419)
  * Push the validation of secondary index values to the SecondaryIndexManager (CASSANDRA-4240)
  * Don't purge columns during upgradesstables (CASSANDRA-4462)
+ * Make cqlsh work with piping (CASSANDRA-4113)
+ * Validate arguments for nodetool decommission (CASSANDRA-4061)
+ * Report thrift status in nodetool info (CASSANDRA-4010)
+
 
 1.0.10
  * fix maxTimestamp to include row tombstones (CASSANDRA-4116)
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 42bea7c63d..1654b44903 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ upgrade, just in case you need to roll back to the previous version.
 (Cassandra version X + 1 will always be able to read data files created
 by version X, but the inverse is not necessarily the case.)
 
+1.0.11
+======
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+    - Nothing specific to 1.0.10
+
+
 1.0.10
 ======
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 261691d0b1..705db5e6c2 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="1.0.10"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="1.0.11"/>
     <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 c34d7a010e..76312848b9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (1.0.11) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Sylvain Lebresne <slebresne@apache.org>  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:04:14 +0200
+
 cassandra (1.0.10) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New release