diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2cf7184d..e26d1c9b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 -*-Mode: outline-*-
 
+* News for v1.1:
+
+** coredump unwind support
+** New arch: SuperH
+** Improved support for PowerPC, ARM
+** Lots of cleanups, perf tweaks
+** pkg-config support
+
 * News for v1.0:
 
 ** Fast unwind (rbp, rsp, rip only) on x86_64 with a fallback to 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b68fd90..cffe19b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 define(pkg_major, 1)
-define(pkg_minor, 0)
+define(pkg_minor, 1)
 define(pkg_extra, )
 define(pkg_maintainer, libunwind-devel@nongnu.org)
 define(mkvers, $1.$2$3)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b57ce63b..adfbef36 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SOVERSION=8:0:0		# See comments at end of file.
+SOVERSION=8:1:0		# See comments at end of file.
 SETJMP_SO_VERSION=0:0:0
 COREDUMP_SO_VERSION=0:0:0
 #