diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fb4e2f7..b81e3df 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   DOCKER_IMAGE_BASE: registry.icinga.com/build-docker
-  ICINGA_BUILD_TYPE: snapshot
+  ICINGA_BUILD_RELEASE_TYPE: testing
+  #ICINGA_BUILD_TYPE:
   #ICINGA_BUILD_UPSTREAM_BRANCH:
 
 .build: &build
diff --git a/icinga2.spec b/icinga2.spec
index 9f24ca2..ea359b4 100644
--- a/icinga2.spec
+++ b/icinga2.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Icinga 2 | (c) 2012 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+
 
-%define revision 1
+%global revision 0.rc1.1
+%global src_version_suffix -rc1
 
 # make sure that _rundir is working on older systems
 %if ! %{defined _rundir}
@@ -97,10 +98,10 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 %endif # suse
 Group:          System/Monitoring
 Name:           icinga2
-Version: 2.10.4
+Version:        2.11.0
 Release:        %{revision}%{?dist}
 Url:            https://www.icinga.com/
-Source:         https://github.com/Icinga/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://github.com/Icinga/%{name}/archive/v%{version}%{?src_version_suffix}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Requires:       %{name}-bin = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ Requires:       nano
 Provides Nano syntax highlighting for icinga2.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{?src_version_suffix}
 # use absolute shebang instead of env on SUSE distributions
 %if "%{_vendor}" == "suse"
 find . -type f -name '*.sh' -exec sed -i -e 's|\/usr\/bin\/env bash|\/bin\/bash|g' {} \;
@@ -832,6 +833,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/nano/%{name}.nanorc
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 25 2019 Markus Frosch <markus.frosch@icinga.com> 2.11.0-0.rc1.1
+- Prepare pre-release 2.11.0-rc1
+
 * Tue Mar 19 2019 Michael Friedrich <michael.friedrich@icinga.com> 2.10.4-1
 - Update to 2.10.4