diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 068ed9f2f..b07d47c42 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.11.0-r1 (2015-11-17)
+==========================================
+
+* Retry more aggressively, but fewer times for federation requests that aren't
+  sending transactions.
+
 Changes in synapse v0.11.0 (2015-11-17)
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index f0eac97ba..5a83f5f3e 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.11.0"
+__version__ = "0.11.0-r1"