diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 714bb498..265d46c1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if "linux" in sys.platform.lower() and not python_26:
 
 distutils.core.setup(
     name="tornado",
-    version="1.0",
+    version="1.1",
     packages = ["tornado"],
     ext_modules = extensions,
     author="Facebook",
diff --git a/tornado/__init__.py b/tornado/__init__.py
index 0f471534..1fbc1809 100644
--- a/tornado/__init__.py
+++ b/tornado/__init__.py
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 
 """The Tornado web server and tools."""
 
-version = "1.0.1"
-version_info = (1, 0, 1)
+version = "1.1"
+version_info = (1, 1, 0)
diff --git a/website/templates/documentation.txt b/website/templates/documentation.txt
index 357c63bc..2023ae77 100644
--- a/website/templates/documentation.txt
+++ b/website/templates/documentation.txt
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ Download
 --------
 Download the most recent version of Tornado from GitHub:
 
-> [tornado-1.0.1.tar.gz](http://github.com/downloads/facebook/tornado/tornado-1.0.1.tar.gz)
+> [tornado-1.1.tar.gz](http://github.com/downloads/facebook/tornado/tornado-1.1.tar.gz)
 
 You can also [browse the source](http://github.com/facebook/tornado) on GitHub. To install Tornado:
 
-    tar xvzf tornado-1.0.1.tar.gz
-    cd tornado-1.0.1
+    tar xvzf tornado-1.1.tar.gz
+    cd tornado-1.1
     python setup.py build
     sudo python setup.py install
 
diff --git a/website/templates/index.html b/website/templates/index.html
index 698a588b..7d45cb12 100644
--- a/website/templates/index.html
+++ b/website/templates/index.html
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
   <p>See the <a href="/documentation">Tornado documentation</a> for a detailed walkthrough of the framework.</p>
 
   <h2>Download and install</h2>
-  <p><b>Download:</b> <a href="http://github.com/downloads/facebook/tornado/tornado-1.0.1.tar.gz">tornado-1.0.1.tar.gz</a></p>
-  <pre><code>tar xvzf tornado-1.0.1.tar.gz
-cd tornado-1.0.1
+  <p><b>Download:</b> <a href="http://github.com/downloads/facebook/tornado/tornado-1.1.tar.gz">tornado-1.1.tar.gz</a></p>
+  <pre><code>tar xvzf tornado-1.1.tar.gz
+cd tornado-1.1
 python setup.py build
 sudo python setup.py install</code></pre>
   <p>The Tornado source code is <a href="http://github.com/facebook/tornado">hosted on GitHub</a>.  On Python 2.6+, it is also possible to simply add the tornado directory to your <code>PYTHONPATH</code> instead of building with <code>setup.py</code>, since the standard library includes <code>epoll</code> support.</p>