diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 73be0c0d3..9cfda32da 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.1.1
+Wednesday, November 24, 2015
+====================================
+
+- Build fixes, specially for hb-coretext.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.1.0
 Wednesday, November 18, 2015
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2292a99c1..62b156772 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.1.0],
+        [1.1.1],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])