diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2be233baa..431586bda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.zendesk</groupId>
   <artifactId>maxwell</artifactId>
-  <version>0.11.0-PRE5</version>
+  <version>0.11.0-RC1</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>maxwell</name>