diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index fc64795ff7..981285a51c 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (4, 1, 10, "final", 0)
+VERSION = (4, 1, 11, "alpha", 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)