diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3ad0867..5229139 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tool: cargo-semver-checks
       - run: tools/semver-gate-selftest/run.sh
-      - run: .github/scripts/check-semver.sh 0.10.3
+      - run: .github/scripts/check-semver.sh 0.11.0
         env:
           BREAKING_LABEL: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'breaking') }}
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 334153f..c29af5e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ cargo +1.85 check -p termlens --all-features --all-targets --locked           #
 cargo +1.85 check -p termlens --no-default-features --all-targets --locked
 cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -- -D warnings   # the Windows build, from any host: `rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-msvc` once
 tools/semver-gate-selftest/run.sh                       # the semver gate can fail (cargo install cargo-semver-checks)…
-.github/scripts/check-semver.sh 0.10.3                  # …and the public API is compatible with the last published release
+.github/scripts/check-semver.sh 0.11.0                  # …and the public API is compatible with the last published release
 ```
 
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