diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8caf164..72bc3bbe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+# 1.1
+
+_Released 2022-03-12_
+
+ * Add support for scanning 8-bit integers (`(un)signed char`, `(u)int8_t`),
+   and characters (`char`, `wchar_t`) as integers
+
+```cpp
+int8_t i1, i2;
+char c1, c2;
+auto ret = scn::scan("1 2 3 4", "{} {:c} {} {:i}", i1, i2, i3, i4);
+// ret == true
+// i1 == 1
+// i2 == '2'
+// c1 == '3'
+// c2 == 4
+```
+
+ * Fix usage of external fast_float in CMake (#53, thanks [@xvitaly (Vitaly Zaitsev)](https://github.com/xvitaly))
+ * Fix tests on big endian architectures (#54)
+ * Fix alignment issues with `small_vector` on 32-bit architectures
+
 # 1.0
 
 _Released 2022-02-28_
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54056b38..74ef538c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ This library is the reference implementation of the ISO C++ standards proposal
 The library is currently deemed production-ready, and should be reasonably bug-free;
 it's tested and fuzzed extensively.
 
-The master-branch of the repository targets the next minor release (v1.1), and is backwards-compatible.
+The master-branch of the repository targets the next minor release (v1.2), and is backwards-compatible.
 The dev-branch targets the next major release (v2.0), and may contain backwards-incompatible changes, and may have lacking documentation.
 
 ## Documentation
diff --git a/include/scn/detail/config.h b/include/scn/detail/config.h
index e8ae24a3..d107d0d3 100644
--- a/include/scn/detail/config.h
+++ b/include/scn/detail/config.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #define SCN_COMPILER(major, minor, patch) \
     ((major)*10000000 /* 10,000,000 */ + (minor)*10000 /* 10,000 */ + (patch))
-#define SCN_VERSION SCN_COMPILER(1, 0, 0)
+#define SCN_VERSION SCN_COMPILER(1, 1, 0)
 
 #ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
 // Intel