diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index b8aeea506e20..51c8da6287fc 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
 REVISION="11.0"
-BRANCH="CURRENT"
+BRANCH="ALPHA1"
 if [ -n "${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
 	BRANCH=${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}
 fi