diff --git a/optional/build.xml b/optional/build.xml
index fb2ec8a..c4832e1 100644
--- a/optional/build.xml
+++ b/optional/build.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   <property name="component.title"         value="Logging Wrapper Library (Optional Implementations)"/>
 
   <!-- The current version number of this component -->
-  <property name="component.version"       value="1.0.6-dev"/>
+  <property name="component.version"       value="1.1-dev"/>
 
   <!-- The base directory for compilation targets -->
   <property name="build.home"              value="${basedir}/target"/>