diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index 3dede23..a6dbee4 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Paste Deployment News
 =====================
 
+2.1.1 (2020-10-12)
+------------------
+
+* Added ``setuptools`` as an explicit dependency.
+  This has always been required but now that more environments are becoming capable of operating without it being installed, we now need to ensure it's available.
+
 2.1.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 81b87f6..b6906f9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="PasteDeploy",
-    version="2.1.0",
+    version="2.1.1",
     description="Load, configure, and compose WSGI applications and servers",
     long_description=readme,
     classifiers=[