diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 24fdb29e..dd190c55 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ sinclude(./m4/acx_getaddrinfo.m4)
 sinclude(./m4/ax_check_compile_flag.m4)
 sinclude(./m4/pkg.m4)
 
-AC_INIT([getdns], [1.1.0], [users@getdnsapi.net], [], [https://getdnsapi.net])
-AC_SUBST(RELEASE_CANDIDATE, [])
+AC_INIT([getdns], [1.1.1], [users@getdnsapi.net], [], [https://getdnsapi.net])
+AC_SUBST(RELEASE_CANDIDATE, [rc1])
 
 # Set current date from system if not set
 AC_ARG_WITH([current-date],
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([current-date],
   [CURRENT_DATE="`date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`"])
 
 AC_SUBST(GETDNS_VERSION, ["AC_PACKAGE_VERSION$RELEASE_CANDIDATE"])
-AC_SUBST(GETDNS_NUMERIC_VERSION, [0x01010000])
+AC_SUBST(GETDNS_NUMERIC_VERSION, [0x010100c1])
 AC_SUBST(API_VERSION, ["December 2015"])
 AC_SUBST(API_NUMERIC_VERSION, [0x07df0c00])
 GETDNS_COMPILATION_COMMENT="AC_PACKAGE_NAME $GETDNS_VERSION configured on $CURRENT_DATE for the $API_VERSION version of the API"
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@ GETDNS_COMPILATION_COMMENT="AC_PACKAGE_NAME $GETDNS_VERSION configured on $CURRE
 # getdns-0.5.0 had libversion 4:0:3
 # getdns-0.5.1 had libversion 4:1:3 (but should have been getdns-0.6.0)
 # getdns-0.9.0 had libversion 5:0:4
-# getdns-1.0.0 had  libversion 5:1:4
-# getdns-1.1.0 will have libversion 6:0:0
+# getdns-1.0.0 had libversion 5:1:4
+# getdns-1.1.0 had libversion 6:0:0
+# getdns-1.1.1 will have libversion 6:1:0
 #
-GETDNS_LIBVERSION=6:0:0
+GETDNS_LIBVERSION=6:1:0
 
 AC_SUBST(GETDNS_COMPILATION_COMMENT)
 AC_SUBST(GETDNS_LIBVERSION)