diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
index 04da40997..40af35958 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: "3.11"
+        python-version: "3.11-dev"
     - uses: excitedleigh/setup-nox@v2.1.0
 
     - name: "Run update: dependencies"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39fce3016..9c119bd66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ What does it do?
 | CPython 3.8   | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  | ✅  | N/A | ✅ | ✅  | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  |
 | CPython 3.9   | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  | ✅  | ✅² | ✅³ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  |
 | CPython 3.10  | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  | ✅  | ✅² | ✅ | ✅  | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  |
-| CPython 3.11  | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  | ✅  | ✅² | ✅ | ✅  | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  |
+| CPython 3.11⁴ | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  | ✅  | ✅² | ✅ | ✅  | ✅ | ✅  | ✅  |
 | PyPy 3.7 v7.3 | ✅ | N/A | ✅  | N/A | N/A | ✅¹ | ✅¹  | ✅¹ | N/A | N/A |
 | PyPy 3.8 v7.3 | ✅ | N/A | ✅  | N/A | N/A | ✅¹ | ✅¹  | ✅¹ | N/A | N/A |
 | PyPy 3.9 v7.3 | ✅ | N/A | ✅  | N/A | N/A | ✅¹ | ✅¹  | ✅¹ | N/A | N/A |
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ What does it do?
 <sup>¹ PyPy is only supported for manylinux wheels.</sup><br>
 <sup>² Windows arm64 support is experimental.</sup><br>
 <sup>³ Alpine 3.14 and very briefly 3.15's default python3 [was not able to load](https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/issues/934) musllinux wheels. This has been fixed; please upgrade the python package if using Alpine from before the fix.</sup><br>
+<sup>⁴ CPython 3.11 is available using the [CIBW_PRERELEASE_PYTHONS](https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/options/#prerelease-pythons) option.</sup><br>
 
 - Builds manylinux, musllinux, macOS 10.9+, and Windows wheels for CPython and PyPy
 - Works on GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Travis CI, AppVeyor, CircleCI, and GitLab CI
diff --git a/cibuildwheel/util.py b/cibuildwheel/util.py
index b68b88db1..064f3fcaa 100644
--- a/cibuildwheel/util.py
+++ b/cibuildwheel/util.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class IdentifierSelector:
     """
 
     # a pattern that skips prerelease versions, when include_prereleases is False.
-    PRERELEASE_SKIP: ClassVar[str] = ""
+    PRERELEASE_SKIP: ClassVar[str] = "cp311-*"
 
     skip_config: str
     build_config: str
diff --git a/unit_test/build_selector_test.py b/unit_test/build_selector_test.py
index 3c811f0e2..6b31d1c09 100644
--- a/unit_test/build_selector_test.py
+++ b/unit_test/build_selector_test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
 
 from cibuildwheel.util import BuildSelector
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ def test_build():
     assert build_selector("cp36-manylinux_x86_64")
     assert build_selector("cp37-manylinux_x86_64")
     assert build_selector("cp310-manylinux_x86_64")
-    assert build_selector("cp311-manylinux_x86_64")
+    assert not build_selector("cp311-manylinux_x86_64")
     assert build_selector("pp36-manylinux_x86_64")
     assert build_selector("pp37-manylinux_x86_64")
     assert build_selector("cp36-manylinux_i686")
@@ -29,12 +28,11 @@ def test_build():
     assert build_selector("cp36-win_amd64")
     assert build_selector("cp37-win_amd64")
     assert build_selector("cp310-win_amd64")
-    assert build_selector("cp311-win_amd64")
+    assert not build_selector("cp311-win_amd64")
     assert not build_selector("pp36-win_amd64")
     assert not build_selector("pp37-win_amd64")
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip("this test only makes sense when we have a prerelease python to test with")
 def test_build_filter_pre():
     build_selector = BuildSelector(
         build_config="cp3*-* *-manylinux*",