diff --git a/src/include/pegasus/version.h b/src/include/pegasus/version.h
index ea7316fbac30eb8ad4c2088541be25990425a0d7..128c5b6cdadd0cea6928dec9e1b7483558cfbdbf 100644
--- a/src/include/pegasus/version.h
+++ b/src/include/pegasus/version.h
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 // can be found in the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 #pragma once
-#define PEGASUS_VERSION "1.11.5"
+#define PEGASUS_VERSION "1.11.6-RC1"