diff --git a/maintainer/conda/MDAnalysis/meta.yaml b/maintainer/conda/MDAnalysis/meta.yaml
index d84fb5514bb..d1525eebb00 100644
--- a/maintainer/conda/MDAnalysis/meta.yaml
+++ b/maintainer/conda/MDAnalysis/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: mdanalysis
   # This has to be changed after a release
-  version: "1.1.0"
+  version: "1.1.1"
 
 source:
    git_url: https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdanalysis
diff --git a/package/CHANGELOG b/package/CHANGELOG
index 09ee4cc7e62..3200114524e 100644
--- a/package/CHANGELOG
+++ b/package/CHANGELOG
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ The rules for this file:
   * release numbers follow "Semantic Versioning" http://semver.org
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+05/01/21  IAlibay
+
+  * 1.1.1
+
+Fixes
+  * Remove absolute paths from package upload to pypi.
+
+
 04/28/21  richardjgowers, IAlibay, tylerjereddy, xiki-tempula, lilyminium,
           zemanj, PicoCentauri
 
diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/version.py b/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
index bd52ed8204c..3413b23ef88 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
 # e.g. with lib.log
 
 #: Release of MDAnalysis as a string, using `semantic versioning`_.
-__version__ = "1.1.0"  # NOTE: keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
+__version__ = "1.1.1"  # NOTE: keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
diff --git a/package/setup.py b/package/setup.py
index 2623e3be99e..df9adcc6715 100755
--- a/package/setup.py
+++ b/package/setup.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     from commands import getoutput
 
 # NOTE: keep in sync with MDAnalysis.__version__ in version.py
-RELEASE = "1.1.0"
+RELEASE = "1.1.1"
 
 is_release = 'dev' not in RELEASE
 
diff --git a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
index 19e300f3f8f..ac14ddd2d11 100644
--- a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
+++ b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger("MDAnalysisTests.__init__")
 
 # keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
-__version__ = "1.1.0"
+__version__ = "1.1.1"
 
 
 # Do NOT import MDAnalysis at this level. Tests should do it themselves.
diff --git a/testsuite/setup.py b/testsuite/setup.py
index e5e236426e2..e38939aba75 100755
--- a/testsuite/setup.py
+++ b/testsuite/setup.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # this must be in-sync with MDAnalysis
-    RELEASE = "1.1.0"
+    RELEASE = "1.1.1"
 
     with open("README") as summary:
         LONG_DESCRIPTION = summary.read()