diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 114264b5..2461f4d0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ m4_define([year_version], [2017])
 m4_define([release_version], [11])
 m4_define([package_version], [year_version.release_version])
 AC_INIT([libostree], [package_version], [walters@verbum.org])
-is_release_build=no
+is_release_build=yes
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([buildutil])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index 76aa280f..07f918a1 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 ***/
 
 /* Add new symbols here.  Release commits should copy this section into -released.sym. */
-LIBOSTREE_2017.11 {
-} LIBOSTREE_2017.10;
+LIBOSTREE_2017.12 {
+} LIBOSTREE_2017.11;
+
 
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
  * edit this other than to update the last number.  This is just a copy/paste
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
index fe98858d..03cb952d 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ LIBOSTREE_2017.10 {
  */
 } LIBOSTREE_2017.8;
 
+LIBOSTREE_2017.11 {
+} LIBOSTREE_2017.10;
+
 /* NOTE: Only add more content here in release commits!  See the
  * comments at the top of this file.
  */
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index b324d1bf..f54b64ee 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ echo 'ok documented symbols'
 
 # ONLY update this checksum in release commits!
 cat > released-sha256.txt <<EOF
-c993c42dee8ee0c52b01d317b214391698818a0c20efe99c5273c60fa9278b3c  ${released_syms}
+b486764b32fbf3d8b7d16114a206cb0789281fe663a1d3d3c13cc48171be4fd7  ${released_syms}
 EOF
 sha256sum -c released-sha256.txt