diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5fdd883..c4ddc74 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.1.0"
+  ".": "1.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d35065..8c56fb1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.1.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk-otel/compare/1.1.0...1.1.1) (2025-10-29)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Loosen overly restrict opentelemetry-sdk versioning to allow v1 ([#15](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk-otel/issues/15)) ([064958d](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk-otel/commit/064958dabca3c8fd79da5914bde8f557fd561535)), closes [#14](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk-otel/issues/14)
+
 ## [1.1.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/ruby-server-sdk-otel/compare/1.0.0...1.1.0) (2025-10-17)
 
 
diff --git a/PROVENANCE.md b/PROVENANCE.md
index 445b1b4..08e24fe 100644
--- a/PROVENANCE.md
+++ b/PROVENANCE.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ To verify SLSA provenance attestations, we recommend using [slsa-verifier](https
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```
 # Set the version of the SDK to verify
-VERSION=1.1.0
+VERSION=1.1.1
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/lib/ldclient-otel/version.rb b/lib/ldclient-otel/version.rb
index 41dc91e..881809a 100644
--- a/lib/ldclient-otel/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ldclient-otel/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module LaunchDarkly
   module Otel
-    VERSION = '1.1.0' # x-release-please-version
+    VERSION = '1.1.1' # x-release-please-version
   end
 end