diff --git a/esrally/_version.py b/esrally/_version.py
index 7f6646a76..04f0e7534 100644
--- a/esrally/_version.py
+++ b/esrally/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.11.0"
+__version__ = "2.11.0.dev0"