diff --git a/maint/release.pl b/maint/release.pl
index 854172dcf..aec7054d0 100755
--- a/maint/release.pl
+++ b/maint/release.pl
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ sub run_cmd
 run_cmd("rm -rf README.md");
 run_cmd("find . -name autom4te.cache | xargs rm -rf");
 run_cmd("find . -name .gitignore | xargs rm -rf");
+run_cmd("find . -name .github | xargs rm -rf");
 run_cmd("find . -name .tmp | xargs rm -rf");
 print("done\n");
 
diff --git a/maint/version.m4 b/maint/version.m4
index 89cdd1cfa..6387996bb 100644
--- a/maint/version.m4
+++ b/maint/version.m4
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See COPYRIGHT in top-level directory.
 #
 
-m4_define([ABT_VERSION_m4],[1.0])dnl
+m4_define([ABT_VERSION_m4],[1.1a1])dnl
 m4_define([ABT_RELEASE_DATE_m4],[unreleased development copy])dnl
 
 # For libtool ABI versioning rules see: