diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4053b2bfd..4b61313ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 2.1.1
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+* Provide an option to disable inter char timeouts with Modbus RTU.
+
 Version 2.1.0
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 * Fix Issues with Serial client where in partial data was read when the response size is unknown.
diff --git a/pymodbus/version.py b/pymodbus/version.py
index 7a997315e..1e8057b9b 100644
--- a/pymodbus/version.py
+++ b/pymodbus/version.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return '[%s, version %s]' % (self.package, self.short())
 
 
-version = Version('pymodbus', 2, 1, 0)
+version = Version('pymodbus', 2, 1, 1)
 
 
 version.__name__ = 'pymodbus'  # fix epydoc error