diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e093c84..eae6528 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ Breaking changes are prefixed with a "[BREAKING]" label.
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+## 0.1.1 (2021-02-27)
 
+This is a release with no actual changes in the source code. It's merely added 
+to tackle #4.
 
 
 
diff --git a/sd_notify.gemspec b/sd_notify.gemspec
index dce4604..46dae4f 100644
--- a/sd_notify.gemspec
+++ b/sd_notify.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "sd_notify"
-  s.version     = "0.1.0"
+  s.version     = "0.1.1"
   s.summary     = "Pure Ruby implementation of systemd's sd_notify(3)"
   s.description = "sd_notify can be used to notify systemd about various " \
                   "service status changes of Ruby programs"