diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0979c379dc..a296406137 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.0
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 1.1.1 and 3.0 alpha 10 [7 Jan 2021]
+### Changes between 1.1.1 and 3.0 [xx XXX xxxx]
 
  * The -cipher-commands and -digest-commands options of the command line
    utility list has been deprecated.
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c1edd0c847..01f9563b1d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.0
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 1.1.1 and OpenSSL 3.0 alpha 10 [in pre-release]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 1.1.1 and OpenSSL 3.0 [under development]
 
   * Deprecated the `DSA_` functions.
   * Deprecated the `ERR_load_` functions.
diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index fb8e7cca90..9956ebb7e7 100644
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=0
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha10
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=alpha11-dev
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE="7 Jan 2021"
+RELEASE_DATE=""
 SHLIB_VERSION=3