diff --git a/alpine-make-vm-image b/alpine-make-vm-image
index 0e39b91..8e50331 100755
--- a/alpine-make-vm-image
+++ b/alpine-make-vm-image
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 # Options and Environment Variables:
 #   -b --branch ALPINE_BRANCH             Alpine branch to install; used only when
-#                                         --repositories-file is not specified. Default is v3.10.
+#                                         --repositories-file is not specified. Default is v3.11.
 #
 #   -f --image-format IMAGE_FORMAT        Format of the disk image (see qemu-img --help).
 #
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	shift $n
 done
 
-: ${ALPINE_BRANCH:="v3.10"}
+: ${ALPINE_BRANCH:="v3.11"}
 : ${ALPINE_MIRROR:="https://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine"}
 : ${CLEANUP:="yes"}
 : ${IMAGE_FORMAT:=}
diff --git a/example/repositories b/example/repositories
index 73130d3..8b78406 100644
--- a/example/repositories
+++ b/example/repositories
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-https://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.10/main
-https://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.10/community
+https://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.11/main
+https://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.11/community