diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index 39e0411d..6849410a 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.9"
+__version__ = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0f00211e..fa2eb911 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.9
+current_version = 1.1.0
 tag = False
 commit = True