diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a73d95ee6631e95dd7624bc1295e71cae4c7e65c..f8d9b17a47d8462ae248eb0e0a0c5b7fec16de75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# v1.0.6:
+# v1.1
 
-* _TBA_
+* added optional tracing via opentracing
 
 # v1.0.5:
 
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 06bcb9d3372d3f620f4c883f3f4a4d05feff51eb..28ddcff6bc80a0a202e79ea8aeacf2e7b610825a 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # coding=UTF-8
-__version__ = '1.0.6_b2'
+__version__ = '1.1'