diff --git a/build/build.properties b/build/build.properties
index d8f4e133d1..9c5d6c0d7d 100644
--- a/build/build.properties
+++ b/build/build.properties
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 major-number: 2
 minor-number: 3
 # the last figure of the real release number: e.g. 1 in "2.2m1", "2.3rc1", "2.4.1"
-release-number:11
+release-number:12
 # choose among: final, snapshot, rc, milestone
-meta.release-type: final
+meta.release-type: snapshot
 version-minor: ${major-number}.${minor-number}
 
 # Version of JDK required
diff --git a/build/tmpl/text/changes.txt b/build/tmpl/text/changes.txt
index 0c226fe6c3..841135dd14 100644
--- a/build/tmpl/text/changes.txt
+++ b/build/tmpl/text/changes.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Changes log
 ===========
 
+@version-full@ (@release-date@)
+
 - 2.3.11 (09/28/2017)
     - Bugs fixed
        - Fixed NPE in JAX-RS backend when request's entity has no media type. Issue #1271.