diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: brio
 Title: Basic R Input Output
-Version: 1.0.0.9000
+Version: 1.1.0
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Jim",
              family = "Hester",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# brio (development version)
+# brio 1.1.0
 
 * New `write_file()` function to write an entire file (#7)