diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: duckdb
 Title: DBI Package for the DuckDB Database Management System
-Version: 1.0.99.9000
+Version: 1.1.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hannes", "Mühleisen", , "hannes@cwi.nl", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8552-0029")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# duckdb 1.1.0
+
+## Features
+
+- Update to duckdb v1.1.0, see <https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/tag/v1.1.0> for details.
+
+- Upgrade vendored cpp11 to 0.5.0.
+
+
 # duckdb 1.0.0-2
 
 ## Features