diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4844de30167823f5f93df88c748115483d363742..6e04440d73d0998bb349043344d78f451a3ef77a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='newick',
-    version="1.0.1.dev0",
+    version="1.1.0",
     description='A python module to read and write the Newick format',
     long_description=open("README.md").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/src/newick.py b/src/newick.py
index d33520d1f2e72c56248d1e3622ceeb9000200501..c8183c6301cc7933e49b2000d9653a96acc5e24d 100644
--- a/src/newick.py
+++ b/src/newick.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Functionality to read and write the Newick serialization format for trees.
 import re
 import pathlib
 
-__version__ = "1.0.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "1.1.0"
 
 RESERVED_PUNCTUATION = ':;,()'
 COMMENT = re.compile(r'\[[^]]*]')