diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f215a3d..a1961ec 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "1.0.1"
+    ".": "1.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c5aeb9..d8ca906 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.1.0](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/compare/v1.0.1...v1.1.0) (2026-02-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add C API ([#12](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/issues/12)) ([db663af](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/db663af49b6c196003b455776fcd71183353ef14))
+* add rust crate ([c964cd5](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/c964cd5461709fc01a397c3a5febad25422768ff))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* simplify things in rust crate ([f4e857e](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/f4e857e7d74ded0437b696e776ac8ef12554b483))
+* use thread_local last error tracking ([f529e8b](https://github.com/nodejs/merve/commit/f529e8b7406fb892bd842eb3ca13ea946b3e5f9a))
+
 ## 1.0.1 (2026-02-02)
 
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d01b969..da5057a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 project(merve
   DESCRIPTION "Fast lexer to extract named exports via analysis from CommonJS modules"
   LANGUAGES C CXX
-  VERSION 1.0.1 # x-release-please-version
+  VERSION 1.1.0 # x-release-please-version
 )
 
-set(MERVE_LIB_VERSION "1.0.1" CACHE STRING "lexer library version") # x-release-please-version
+set(MERVE_LIB_VERSION "1.1.0" CACHE STRING "lexer library version") # x-release-please-version
 set(MERVE_LIB_SOVERSION "1" CACHE STRING "lexer library soversion") # x-release-please-major
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/include/merve/version.h b/include/merve/version.h
index 96f8a87..5ec2e47 100644
--- a/include/merve/version.h
+++ b/include/merve/version.h
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 #ifndef MERVE_VERSION_H
 #define MERVE_VERSION_H
 
-#define MERVE_VERSION "1.0.1" // x-release-please-version
+#define MERVE_VERSION "1.1.0" // x-release-please-version
 
 namespace lexer {
 
 enum {
   MERVE_VERSION_MAJOR = 1,     // x-release-please-major
-  MERVE_VERSION_MINOR = 0,     // x-release-please-minor
-  MERVE_VERSION_REVISION = 1,  // x-release-please-patch
+  MERVE_VERSION_MINOR = 1,     // x-release-please-minor
+  MERVE_VERSION_REVISION = 0,  // x-release-please-patch
 };
 
 }  // namespace lexer
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 2a21b19..5b3f1ab 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "merve"
-version = "1.0.1" # x-release-please-version
+version = "1.1.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 authors = ["Yagiz Nizipli <yagiz@nizipli.com>"]