diff --git a/History.markdown b/History.markdown
index 97fff7f5..0f36e8d0 100644
--- a/History.markdown
+++ b/History.markdown
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 ### Major Enhancements
 
+### Minor Enhancements
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+### Development Fixes
+
+### Site Enhancements
+
+## v1.1.1 / 2013-07-24
+
 ### Minor Enhancements
   * Remove superfluous `table` selector from main.css in `jekyll new` template (#1328)
   * Abort with non-zero exit codes (#1338)
@@ -9,8 +19,6 @@
 ### Bug Fixes
   * Fix up the rendering of excerpts (#1339)
 
-### Development Fixes
-
 ### Site Enhancements
   * Add Jekyll Image Tag to the plugins list (#1306)
   * Remove erroneous statement that `site.pages` are sorted alphabetically.
diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index c99f5161..41039663 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rubygems_version = '1.3.5'
 
   s.name              = 'jekyll'
-  s.version           = '1.1.0'
+  s.version           = '1.1.1'
   s.license           = 'MIT'
-  s.date              = '2013-07-14'
+  s.date              = '2013-07-24'
   s.rubyforge_project = 'jekyll'
 
   s.summary     = "A simple, blog aware, static site generator."
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     features/pagination.feature
     features/permalinks.feature
     features/post_data.feature
+    features/post_excerpts.feature
     features/site_configuration.feature
     features/site_data.feature
     features/step_definitions/jekyll_steps.rb
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     test/source/_posts/2013-03-19-not-a-post.markdown/.gitkeep
     test/source/_posts/2013-04-11-custom-excerpt.markdown
     test/source/_posts/2013-05-10-number-category.textile
+    test/source/_posts/2013-07-22-post-excerpt-with-layout.markdown
     test/source/_posts/es/2008-11-21-nested.textile
     test/source/about.html
     test/source/category/_posts/2008-9-23-categories.textile
@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     test/test_configuration.rb
     test/test_convertible.rb
     test/test_core_ext.rb
+    test/test_excerpt.rb
     test/test_filters.rb
     test/test_generated_site.rb
     test/test_kramdown.rb
diff --git a/lib/jekyll.rb b/lib/jekyll.rb
index 77cc7cd5..c1693ee3 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ require_all 'jekyll/tags'
 SafeYAML::OPTIONS[:suppress_warnings] = true
 
 module Jekyll
-  VERSION = '1.1.0'
+  VERSION = '1.1.1'
 
   # Public: Generate a Jekyll configuration Hash by merging the default
   # options with anything in _config.yml, and adding the given options on top.
diff --git a/site/_posts/2013-07-24-jekyll-1-1-1-released.markdown b/site/_posts/2013-07-24-jekyll-1-1-1-released.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54e40d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/_posts/2013-07-24-jekyll-1-1-1-released.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+layout: news_item
+title: "Jekyll 1.1.1 Released"
+date: "2013-07-24 22:24:14 +0200"
+author: parkr
+version: 1.1.1
+categories: [release]
+---
+
+
+Coming just 10 days after the release of v1.1.0, v1.1.1 is out with a patch for the nasty
+excerpt inception bug ([#1339][]) and non-zero exit codes for invalid commands
+([#1338][]).
+
+To all those affected by the [strange excerpt bug in v1.1.0][#1321], I'm sorry. I think we
+have it all patched up and it should be deployed to [GitHub Pages][gh_pages] in the next
+couple weeks. Thank you for your patience!
+
+If you're checking out v1.1.x for the first time, definitely check out [what shipped with
+v1.1.0!][v1_1_0]
+
+See the [GitHub Release][] page for more a more detailed changelog for this release.
+
+{% assign issue_numbers = "1339|1338|1321" | split: "|" %}
+{% for issue in issue_numbers %}
+[{{ issue }}]: https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/issues/{{ issue }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+[GitHub Release]: https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/releases/tag/v1.1.1
+[gh-pages]: http://pages.github.com
+[v1_1_0]: https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/releases/tag/v1.1.0