diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ef52d0a4b..6c4ebac6d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 -->
 <!-- Copyright Contributors to the Open Shading Language Project. -->
 
-Release 1.11 --1 Sept 2020 (compared to 1.10)
+Release 1.11 -- 1 Sept 2020 (compared to 1.10)
 --------------------------------------------------
 ASWF adoption changes:
 * GOVERNANCE.md and ASWF/Technical-Charter.md document the project
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 12fabefc1..9acdbf852 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ project (OSL VERSION 1.11.7.0
 set (PROJ_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})    # short name
 string (TOLOWER ${PROJ_NAME} PROJ_NAME_LOWER)  # short name lower case
 string (TOUPPER ${PROJ_NAME} PROJ_NAME_UPPER)  # short name upper case
-set (PROJECT_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "dev")   # "dev", "betaX", "RCY", ""
+set (PROJECT_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE "beta")   # "dev", "betaX", "RCY", ""
 set (${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE ${PROJECT_VERSION_RELEASE_TYPE})
 set (PROJECT_AUTHORS "Contributors to the Open Shading Language project")