diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53148ea..1013298 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
-## v2.11.0-alpha1 / 2015 Dec 1
+## v2.11.0-alpha6 / 2015 Dec 1
 
 > This is a major performance release that **drops default support for thawing Nippy v1 archives** but is otherwise non-breaking
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 * **Implementation**: swap most macros for fns (make low-level utils easier to use)
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.11.0-alpha1"]
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.11.0-alpha6"]
 ```
 
 #### Notes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a12b3ce..33a0a18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ```clojure
 [com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0"]        ; Stable
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.11.0-alpha1"] ; Dev, see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.11.0-alpha6"] ; Dev, see CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 # Nippy, a Clojure serialization library
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index ec8389a..dddd40e 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.11.0-alpha1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.11.0-alpha6"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Clojure serialization library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"