diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6f9e7592f681f10403133aae6a39c959f9db081a..e39cca441ab379f6da7d3f28a5d309e11bb314fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+1.1.0RC1 - early snowflakes release
+features:
+- support of tor and snowflake to circumvent censorship of the API server
+- improved error handling if user tries to configure a provider without having an internet connection
+- manual gateway selection in Bitmask
+
+bugfixes:
+- fix openvpn fallback during gateway setup, e.g. UDP to TCP fallback or IPv6 to IPv4 fallback
+
 1.0.9 - Hotfix release
 features:
 - updated translations
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 20ace18d1a887424b5e09c56389257d929c28b65..6db23476f9a2fc5e7d0aece976ffac3afbbea1ac 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ android {
 
   defaultConfig {
     applicationId "se.leap.bitmaskclient"
-    versionCode 155
-    versionName "1.0.9"
+    versionCode 156
+    versionName "1.1.0RC1"
     minSdkVersion 16
     targetSdkVersion 30
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true