diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0cba87da4f..9406a14c8b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Next Release
+============
+
 Release 0.11.0 (September 15, 2015)
 ============
 
diff --git a/nipype/info.py b/nipype/info.py
index d950fc2109..78f654a7cd 100644
--- a/nipype/info.py
+++ b/nipype/info.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 # full release.  '.dev' as a _version_extra string means this is a development
 # version
 _version_major = 0
-_version_minor = 11
+_version_minor = 12
 _version_micro = 0
-_version_extra = '' # switch to -dev for non release
+_version_extra = '-dev'  # Remove -dev for release
 
 def get_nipype_gitversion():
     """Nipype version as reported by the last commit in git