diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 040a528..1666f3a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+1.1.1 (2021-06-04)
+=========
+
+**Bugfixes**
+
+- secondary fix to query string ordering, documented in #49. It would fail with multiple values for the same key. Thanks @martinamps.
+- fix minor deprecation warning in a regex.
+
+**Package changes**
+
+- none
+
+**Tests**
+
+- Added tests for #49 secondary fix for string ordering.
+
+
+
 1.1.0 (2021-05-21)
 =========
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b5353f0..9fb76b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ Version release notes
 
 - update `HISTORY.md`
 - update `requests_aws4auth/__init__.py`
+- cut a branch on github
 
 prep:
 ```
diff --git a/requests_aws4auth/__init__.py b/requests_aws4auth/__init__.py
index 55b38f1..9f0e5c2 100644
--- a/requests_aws4auth/__init__.py
+++ b/requests_aws4auth/__init__.py
@@ -199,4 +199,4 @@
 del aws4signingkey
 del exceptions
 
-__version__ = '1.1.0'
+__version__ = '1.1.1'