diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index c011b6e9102..2d8910486d4 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
 REVISION="11.0"
-BRANCH="ALPHA2"
+BRANCH="ALPHA3"
 if [ -n "${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
 	BRANCH=${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}
 fi