diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c5d08a028..50e4a0ee3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 10)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 99)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 11)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2015)
 AC_INIT([Bitcoin Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues],[bitcoin])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
index 8a11d1e8d..fa16582f1 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = Bitcoin
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or 
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.10.99
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.11.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description 
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer 
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index e3be27d70..c4bae7667 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Bitcoin Core 0.10.99
+Bitcoin Core 0.11.0
 =====================
 
 Setup
diff --git a/doc/README_windows.txt b/doc/README_windows.txt
index c58294169..edff8a935 100644
--- a/doc/README_windows.txt
+++ b/doc/README_windows.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Bitcoin Core 0.10.99
+Bitcoin Core 0.11.0
 =====================
 
 Intro
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index acff1dc6b..9cacd5bf4 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,48 @@
-(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to
-release-notes at release time)
+Bitcoin Core version 0.11.0 is now available from:
+
+  <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.11.0/>
+
+This is a new major version release, bringing both new features and
+bug fixes.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
+
+  <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
+
+Upgrading and downgrading
+=========================
+
+How to Upgrade
+--------------
+
+If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
+shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
+installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or
+bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
+
+Downgrade warning
+------------------
+
+Because release 0.10.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and
+parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not
+backwards-compatible with pre-0.10 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software:
+
+* Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are
+received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or
+other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work
+anymore as a result of this.
+
+* The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is
+stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support.
+
+If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data
+directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from
+bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely
+synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not
+supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex.
+
+This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility. There are no
+known problems when downgrading from 0.11.x to 0.10.x.
 
 Notable changes
 ===============
@@ -151,6 +194,7 @@ git merge commit are mentioned.
 - #5418 `16341cc` Report missing inputs in sendrawtransaction
 - #5937 `40f5e8d` show script verification errors in signrawtransaction result
 - #5420 `1fd2d39` getutxos REST command (based on Bip64)
+- #6193 `42746b0` [REST] remove json input for getutxos, limit to query max. 15 outpoints
 
 ### Configuration and command-line options
 - #5636 `a353ad4` Add option `-allowselfsignedrootcertificate` to allow self signed root certs (for testing payment requests)
@@ -158,6 +202,7 @@ git merge commit are mentioned.
 - #5951 `7efc9cf` Make it possible to disable wallet transaction broadcast (using `-walletbroadcast=0`)
 - #5911 `b6ea3bc` privacy: Stream isolation for Tor (on by default, use `-proxyrandomize=0` to disable)
 - #5863 `c271304` Add autoprune functionality (`-prune=<size>`)
+- #6153 `0bcf04f` Parameter interaction: disable upnp if -proxy set
 
 ### Block and transaction handling
 - #5367 `dcc1304` Do all block index writes in a batch
@@ -299,5 +344,93 @@ git merge commit are mentioned.
 - #6168 `b3024f0` contrib/linearize: Support linearization of testnet blocks
 - #6098 `7708fcd` Update Windows resource files (and add one for bitcoin-tx)
 - #6159 `e1412d3` Catch errors on datadir lock and pidfile delete
+- #6186 `182686c` Fix two problems in CSubnet parsing
+- #6174 `df992b9` doc: add translation strings policy
 
 [up to date until #5976]
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
+
+- 21E14
+- Adam Weiss
+- Alex Morcos
+- ayeowch
+- azeteki
+- Ben Holden-Crowther
+- bikinibabe
+- BitcoinPRReadingGroup
+- Blake Jakopovic
+- BtcDrak
+- charlescharles
+- Chris Arnesen
+- Ciemon
+- CohibAA
+- Corinne Dashjr
+- Cory Fields
+- Cozz Lovan
+- Daira Hopwood
+- Daniel Kraft
+- Dave Collins
+- David A. Harding
+- dexX7
+- Earlz
+- Eric Lombrozo
+- Eric R. Schulz
+- Everett Forth
+- Flavien Charlon
+- fsb4000
+- Gavin Andresen
+- Gregory Maxwell
+- Heath
+- Ivan Pustogarov
+- Jameson Lopp
+- Jason Lewicki
+- Jeff Garzik
+- Jonas Schnelli
+- Jonathan Brown
+- Jorge Timón
+- joshr
+- jtimon
+- Julian Yap
+- Luca Venturini
+- Luke Dashjr
+- Manuel Araoz
+- MarcoFalke
+- Matt Bogosian
+- Matt Corallo
+- Micha
+- Michael Ford
+- Mike Hearn
+- mrbandrews
+- Nicolas Benoit
+- paveljanik
+- Pavel Janík
+- Pavel Vasin
+- Peter Todd
+- Philip Kaufmann
+- Pieter Wuille
+- pstratem
+- randy-waterhouse
+- Rob Van Mieghem
+- Ross Nicoll
+- Ruben de Vries
+- sandakersmann
+- Shaul Kfir
+- Shawn Wilkinson
+- sinetek
+- Suhas Daftuar
+- svost
+- Thomas Zander
+- UdjinM6
+- Vitalii Demianets
+- Wladimir J. van der Laan
+
+And all those who contributed additional code review and/or security research:
+
+- Sergio Demian Lerner
+
+As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
+
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index 3c8c969f9..e45c8dc85 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 
 //! These need to be macros, as clientversion.cpp's and bitcoin*-res.rc's voodoo requires it
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 10
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 99
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 11
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 0
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0
 
 //! Set to true for release, false for prerelease or test build
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE false
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE true
 
 /**
  * Copyright year (2009-this)