diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2903799..84380c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # ben_string Changelog
 
+### 1.1.0 / 2010-11-17
+
+* clean up formatting (John Barnette)
+* add explicit method visibility (Yossef Mendelssohn)
+* add BenString#to_ben_s (Leigh Caplan)
+
 ### 1.0.1 / 2010-11-16
 
 * Fixed license
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ee0638..cd34f59 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ Awesomeness.
 
     $ [sudo] gem install ben_string
 
+## CONTRIBUTORS:
+
+* [John Barnette][jbarnette]
+* [Leigh Caplan][texel]
+* [Yossef Mendelssohn][ymendel]
+
+[jbarnette]: http://github.com/jbarnette
+[ymendel]: http://github.com/ymendel
+[texel]: http://github.com/texel
+
 ## LICENSE:
 
 (The WTFPL)
diff --git a/lib/ben_string.rb b/lib/ben_string.rb
index 6664f67..9b3f215 100644
--- a/lib/ben_string.rb
+++ b/lib/ben_string.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class BenString < String
-  VERSION = '1.0.1'
+  VERSION = '1.1.0'
 
   public