diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ace6d4826..a2d77f020 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-v1.0.1
+v1.1.0
 New : contrib/pzstd, parallel version of zstd, by Nick Terrell
 added : NetBSD install target (#338)
-Improved : variable compression speed improvements on batches of small files.
+Improved : speed improvements for batches of small files.
 Fixed : CLI -d output to stdout by default when input is stdin (#322)
 Fixed : CLI correctly detects console on Mac OS-X
 Fixed : CLI supports recursive mode `-r` on Mac OS-X
diff --git a/lib/zstd.h b/lib/zstd.h
index f79a5dcac..31171d04d 100644
--- a/lib/zstd.h
+++ b/lib/zstd.h
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /*=======   Version   =======*/
 #define ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR    1
-#define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR    0
-#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE  1
+#define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR    1
+#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE  0
 
 #define ZSTD_LIB_VERSION ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR.ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR.ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE
 #define ZSTD_QUOTE(str) #str