diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 08722a716213..28101e8b7676 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -73,3 +73,8 @@ This version does not exist.
 =======
 
 * Only change from upstream is suppressing the upstream update of nullable `User.last_login` (1cb5bc2).
+
+1.11.33
+=======
+
+* Revert MySQL version detection to not use `SELECT VERSION()`
diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index 360d50212b3c..45b7e2fd70bc 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from django.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (1, 11, 32, "alpha", 0)
+VERSION = (1, 11, 33, "alpha", 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)