diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9084fa2f..524cb552 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.0
+1.1.1
diff --git a/unipept.gemspec b/unipept.gemspec
index 1dda8127..0d645007 100644
--- a/unipept.gemspec
+++ b/unipept.gemspec
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
 # Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run 'rake gemspec'
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-# stub: unipept 1.1.0 ruby lib
+# stub: unipept 1.1.1 ruby lib
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "unipept"
-  s.version = "1.1.0"
+  s.version = "1.1.1"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   s.authors = ["Toon Willems", "Bart Mesuere", "Tom Naessens"]
-  s.date = "2015-09-16"
+  s.date = "2016-06-12"
   s.description = "  Command line interface to the Unipept (http://unipept.ugent.be) web services\n  (pept2lca, taxa2lca, pept2taxa, pept2prot and taxonomy) and some utility\n  commands for handling proteins using the command line.\n"
   s.email = "unipept@ugent.be"
   s.executables = ["unipept", "prot2pept", "peptfilter", "uniprot"]