diff --git a/graphdatascience/version.py b/graphdatascience/version.py
index 170ef9fa1..3b4ec64b0 100644
--- a/graphdatascience/version.py
+++ b/graphdatascience/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.1.0a3"
+__version__ = "1.1.0rc1"