diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8a730f..2f28539 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.bigchaindb</groupId>
 	<artifactId>bigchaindb-driver</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0</version>
+	<version>1.1</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>bigchaindb-driver</name>