diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92aec27..3964458 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 <!-- unreleased things below this line -->
 
+## v1.1.1 - 2026-07-14
+
+### Fork release `rfc3987-syntax2`
+- Forked from [`willynilly/rfc3987-syntax`](https://github.com/willynilly/rfc3987-syntax).
+- Published this project as an independently maintained package under the new distribution name `rfc3987-syntax2`.
+- Preserved upstream functionality as the baseline for this initial fork release.
+
+### Notes for `rfc3987-syntax2`
+- This is the first release of the fork.
+- No intentional behavioral changes from upstream are introduced in this release unless explicitly listed above.
+
 ## v1.1.0 - 2025-07-18
 
 Original release: <https://github.com/willynilly/rfc3987-syntax/releases/tag/v1.1.0>
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index da96c4f..d810a91 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "rfc3987-syntax2"
-version = "1.1.0rc2"
+version = "1.1.1"
 description = "Helper functions to syntactically validate strings according to RFC 3987."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"