diff --git a/docs/guide/release-notes.asciidoc b/docs/guide/release-notes.asciidoc
index 9c335d016..c11fb82b0 100644
--- a/docs/guide/release-notes.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/guide/release-notes.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [[release-notes]]
 == Release notes
 
+* <<rn-8-11-1>>
 * <<rn-8-11-0>>
 * <<rn-8-10-1>>
 * <<rn-8-10-0>>
@@ -32,6 +33,14 @@
 * <<rn-8-1-0>>
 * <<rn-8-0-0>>
 
+[discrete]
+[[rn-8-11-1]]
+=== 8.11.1 (2023-12-08)
+
+- Added missing `role_templates` to `security.put_role_mapping` API
+- Added interactive examples page, to documentation
+- Changed API reference to have one page per sub-client
+
 [discrete]
 [[rn-8-11-0]]
 === 8.11.0 (2023-11-13)
diff --git a/elasticsearch/_version.py b/elasticsearch/_version.py
index 55926ae32..821c8228f 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/_version.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/_version.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 #  specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #  under the License.
 
-__versionstr__ = "8.11.0"
+__versionstr__ = "8.11.1"