diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b5e4c7f5b9c658c135fd5a76e26a9710c2779cd0..db85698b8590449f5138cd23899c53d080aab89d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #####################################################################
 
 # Place the Zope major version number below.
-ZOPE_VERS=2.10
+ZOPE_VERS=2.11
 
 # Place the optimal target version number for Zope (as returned by sys.version)
 # below
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES.txt b/doc/CHANGES.txt
index 55c477567df88ea3a49e6835bfb79e79cc84d23c..034fa2a23eb16074ed398c5e47abc24e2c1a7e0c 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/doc/CHANGES.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Zope Changes
 
     Bugs Fixed
 
+      - configure script: setting ZOPE_VERS to '2.11'
+
       - Acquisition wrappers now correctly proxy __iter__.
 
       - Products.PluginIndexes.PathIndex:  backported doc fixes /