diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
index 4dfd494c4a..a57773b4b3 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@ When applicable, release notes are followed by the GitHub issue number which des
 enhancement, or new feature (`MET GitHub issues <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues>`_).
 Important issues are listed **in bold** for emphasis.
 
+MET Version 11.0.1-rc1 release notes (20230221)
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+* Bugfixes:
+
+   * Bugfix: Fix the MET CF-Compliant NetCDF library code to Polar Stereographic data from NSIDC Sea Ice Edge NetCDF files (`#2218 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2218>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Remove override keyword to avoid C++11 dependency (`#2380 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2380>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Fix ASCII2NC to not compute AOD 550 if other inputs are negative values (`#2383 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2383>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Fix PB2NC to report accurate total observation counts in log messages (`#2387 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2387>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Update the MET flowchart for version 11.0.0 (`#2389 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2389>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Fix issues with the met_compile_all.sh script and associated tar files (`#2390 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2390>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Correct definitions of NCEP grid numbers 172 and 220 (`#2399 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2399>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Address MET-11.0.0 SonarQube Blocker Bugs (`#2402 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2402>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Refine fix for handling empty configuration files (`#2408 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2408>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Fix time interpolation of monthly climatology data between December 15 and January 15 (`#2412 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2412>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Fix ASCII2NC to handle missing NDBC buoy location information (`#2426 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2426>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Fix the MET vx_pointdata_python library to handle MET_PYTHON_EXE for python embedding of point observations (`#2428 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2428>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Refine the regrid dictionary's data conversion and censoring operations and fix climo time matching logic for a single monthly climo file (`#2437 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2437>`_).
+   * Bugfix: Fix inconsistent ASCII2NC AIRNOW location lookup logic (`#2452 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2452>`_).  
+  
 MET Version 11.0.0 release notes (20221209)
 -------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 055e2c9651..56667e56f9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 project = 'MET'
 author = 'UCAR/NCAR, NOAA, CSU/CIRA, and CU/CIRES'
 author_list = 'Opatz, J., T. Jensen, J. Prestopnik, H. Soh, L. Goodrich, B. Brown, R. Bullock, J. Halley Gotway, K. Newman'
-version = '11.0.0'
+version = '11.0.1-rc1'
 verinfo = version
 release = f'{version}'
-release_year = '2022'
-release_date = f'{release_year}-12-09'
+release_year = '2023'
+release_date = f'{release_year}-02-21'
 copyright = f'{release_year}, {author}'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/basic/vx_util/util_constants.h b/src/basic/vx_util/util_constants.h
index 05a5996685..e7d86d38ad 100644
--- a/src/basic/vx_util/util_constants.h
+++ b/src/basic/vx_util/util_constants.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 // Released versions of MET
+static const char met_version_11_0_1[] = "V11.0.1";
 static const char met_version_11_0_0[] = "V11.0.0";
 static const char met_version_10_1_0[] = "V10.1.0";
 static const char met_version_10_0_0[] = "V10.0.0";
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ static const char met_version_1_1[]    = "V1.1";
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-static const char * const met_version    = met_version_11_0_0;
+static const char * const met_version    = met_version_11_0_1;
 static const char default_met_data_dir[] = "MET_BASE";
 static const char txt_file_ext[]         = ".txt";
 static const char stat_file_ext[]        = ".stat";