diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6ae2d8c96..645edbd79 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ uninstall: manifests kustomize ## Uninstall CRDs from the K8s cluster specified
 
 deploy: manifests kustomize ## Deploy controller to the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
 	cd config/manager && $(KUSTOMIZE) edit set image controller=${IMG}
-	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default > config/samples/operator/controller.yaml
-	kubectl apply -f config/samples/operator/controller.yaml
+	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default | kubectl apply -f -
 
 undeploy: ## Undeploy controller from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/config.
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default | kubectl delete -f -
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 6488b015c..47e132790 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 ## Release Note 🍻
 
+🆕 Happy New Year!
+
 ### Features 🌈
 
-- Custom Resource Definition for **EMQ X Broker** and **EMQ X Enterprise**
-- Support EMQ X Broker 4.3.x version and EMQ X Enterprise 4.3.x version
-- Readability configuration about `acl`，`modules` and `plugins` in `YAML`
-- Support persistence for data and logs in EMQ X Cluster
-- Support the strategy of node discovery `k8s`
-- Support EMQ X metrics monitoring with `Prometheus`
-- Scaling EMQ X cluster without disconnection
-- Dynamic storage provisioning with pvc template
-- Resources restrictions with k8s requests and limits
-- Node selector
+- New APIVersion: apps.emqx.io/v1beta2
+- Restart pods when update `configmap` and `secret`
+- Retain PVC when deleting EMQ X Custom Resource
+- The emqx operator controller automatically creates the `serviceAccount`, `role` and `roleBinding` resources when the resource specified by `.spec.serviceAccountName` does not exist
+- `.spec.serviceAccountName` is no longer required in EMQ X Custom Resource
+- `.spec.replicas` is no longer required in EMQ X Custom Resource
+- Add extra volumes mount possibility
+- Add readiness probe for Statefulset
 
-### Breaking Changes 💡
+### Fixes 🛠
 
-- Bump APIversion to `apps.emqx.io/v1beta1`
-- Add the `CRD` of `EMQ X Enterprise`
-- Remove configurations:`cluster`, `loadedPluginConf`,`loadedModulesConf`,`aclConf`
+- Fix annotations for EMQ X Custom Resource not working
diff --git a/apis/apps/v1beta1/labels_type.go b/apis/apps/v1beta1/labels_type.go
index 88710d55c..90a909cc0 100644
--- a/apis/apps/v1beta1/labels_type.go
+++ b/apis/apps/v1beta1/labels_type.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func mergeLabels(allLabels ...Labels) Labels {
 func defaultLabels(name string) Labels {
 	return map[string]string{
 		"apps.emqx.io/managed-by": "emqx-operator",
-		"apps.emqx.io/version":    "v1beta1",
 		"apps.emqx.io/instance":   name,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index a29a71afc..7c5c1aa5c 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: controller
   newName: emqx/emqx-operator-controller
-  newTag: 86b1b70
+  newTag: 1.1.0
diff --git a/config/samples/operator/controller.yaml b/config/samples/operator/controller.yaml
index 6f75a3720..09b90e957 100644
--- a/config/samples/operator/controller.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/operator/controller.yaml
@@ -7902,7 +7902,7 @@ spec:
         - --leader-elect
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: emqx/emqx-operator-controller:86b1b70
+        image: emqx/emqx-operator-controller:1.1.0
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
diff --git a/docs/user-guides/get-started.md b/docs/user-guides/get-started.md
index ca3a6ef1f..6f93c6ebd 100644
--- a/docs/user-guides/get-started.md
+++ b/docs/user-guides/get-started.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ We using [cert manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) for provisioni
 1. Deploy operator controller
 
    ```shell
-   $ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emqx/emqx-operator/1.0.0/config/samples/operator/controller.yaml
+   $ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emqx/emqx-operator/1.1.0/config/samples/operator/controller.yaml
    ```
 
 2. Check operator controller status
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ We using [cert manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) for provisioni
 1. Create EMQ X Custom Resource file like this
 
    ```shell
-   $ cat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emqx/emqx-operator/1.0.0/config/samples/emqx/emqx.yaml
+   $ cat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emqx/emqx-operator/1.1.0/config/samples/emqx/emqx.yaml
 
    apiVersion: apps.emqx.io/v1beta2
    kind: EmqxBroker
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ We using [cert manager](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) for provisioni
 2. Deploy EMQ X Custom Resource and check EMQ X status
 
    ```shell
-   $ kubectl apply https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emqx/emqx-operator/1.0.0/config/samples/emqx/emqx.yaml
+   $ kubectl apply https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emqx/emqx-operator/1.1.0/config/samples/emqx/emqx.yaml
    emqx.apps.emqx.io/emqx created
 
    $ kubectl get pods