diff --git a/build_envs/docs.yml b/build_envs/docs.yml
index 77548c9d..888405f8 100644
--- a/build_envs/docs.yml
+++ b/build_envs/docs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: gc-docs
 channels:
     - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-    - python>=3.9, <=3.11
+    - python>=3.9, <3.12
     - pre_commit
     - geocat-datafiles
     - geocat-viz
diff --git a/build_envs/environment.yml b/build_envs/environment.yml
index 75e9b322..31ea64a5 100644
--- a/build_envs/environment.yml
+++ b/build_envs/environment.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: geocat_comp_build
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - python>=3.9, <=3.11  # minimum support 3.9
+  - python>=3.9, <3.12  # minimum support 3.9
   - cf_xarray>=0.3.1    # min version 0.3.1 for dependencies
   - cftime
   - dask
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes.rst
index 479025db..572c2335 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+v2023.06.1 (June 23, 2023)
+--------------------------
+This releases fixes the unintentional limitation of the 2023.06.0 release to python 3.11.0
+
+Bug Fixes
+^^^^^^^^^
+* Fix python version limit of 3.11.0 by `Anissa Zacharias`_ in (:pr:`431`)
+
+
 v2023.06.0 (June 23, 2023)
 --------------------------
 This release removes the geocat-f2py dependency. To use these functions, users
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 48f58250..ab58da5a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 zip_safe = False
 include_package_data = True
-python_requires = >=3.9, <=3.11
+python_requires = >=3.9, <3.12
 packages =
     geocat
     geocat.comp