diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 4c2928ffff..8d101ab5af 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 69.1.0
+current_version = 69.1.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 7fc8f4fa87..abc4bb3f04 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+v69.1.1
+=======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix argument order of ``--config-settings["--build-option"]`` arguments.
+  This was broken by <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4079>`. (#4217)
+
+
+Misc
+----
+
+- #4231
+
+
 v69.1.0
 =======
 
diff --git a/newsfragments/4217.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/4217.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b9146dd50..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4217.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix argument order of ``--config-settings["--build-option"]`` arguments.
-This was broken by <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4079>`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/newsfragments/4231.misc.rst b/newsfragments/4231.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 87b9a05c31..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4231.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump ``packaging`` to version 23.2 in tests -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 283ceabf3e..0699bc72e7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = setuptools
-version = 69.1.0
+version = 69.1.1
 author = Python Packaging Authority
 author_email = distutils-sig@python.org
 description = Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages