diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index dab7a1b40cf..ba8bb03854f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+3.11.1 (2024-11-14)
+===================
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+- Added a backward compatibility layer to :class:`aiohttp.RequestInfo` to allow creating these objects without a ``real_url`` -- by :user:`bdraco`.
+
+
+  *Related issues and pull requests on GitHub:*
+  :issue:`9873`.
+
+
+
+
+----
+
+
 3.11.0 (2024-11-13)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/9873.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/9873.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 90f708fa879..00000000000
--- a/CHANGES/9873.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Added a backward compatibility layer to `~aiohttp.RequestInfo` to allow creating these objects without a `real_url` -- by :user:`bdraco`.
diff --git a/aiohttp/__init__.py b/aiohttp/__init__.py
index c0168c22522..63966d73a61 100644
--- a/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.11.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.11.1"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple