diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
index 494729bf74..1a2115a40f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test-full.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         requires: ['minimal', 'latest']
         exclude:
           # # todo: segmentation fault for minimal and hanging for latest
-          - python_version: 3.8
+          - python-version: 3.8
             os: ubuntu-18.04
 
     # Timeout: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59076067/4521646
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 241424deae..d950b24ebd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 
-## [unreleased.Features] - YYYY-MM-DD
+## [1.1.0rc1] - 2020-12-02
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
index 7b28c91cb0..f543e4382c 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Root package info."""
 
-__version__ = '1.1.0rc0'
+__version__ = '1.1.0rc1'
 __author__ = 'William Falcon et al.'
 __author_email__ = 'waf2107@columbia.edu'
 __license__ = 'Apache-2.0'