diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6261ae0eb..bf1593d6d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+New in spot 1.1a (not yet released):
+
+  Nothing yet.
+
 New in spot 1.1 (2013-04-28):
 
   Several of the new features described below are discribed in
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8e5082e15..205cea13d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
-AC_INIT([spot], [1.1], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
+AC_INIT([spot], [1.1a], [spot@lrde.epita.fr])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([tools])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu tar-ustar color-tests parallel-tests])