diff --git a/pyopencl/version.py b/pyopencl/version.py
index bab6f37bd8ba40c08b5d9ed998f46c3c696e6da2..bd784b725dd867a64950fb2f3daff38f24bacc57 100644
--- a/pyopencl/version.py
+++ b/pyopencl/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-VERSION = (2011, 1)
-VERSION_STATUS = ""
+VERSION = (2011, 2)
+VERSION_STATUS = "alpha"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS