diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 8bca436..4da8492 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2.1.1 (2018-04-18)
+------------------
+
+* ASGI application constructors are now run in a threadpool as they might
+  contain blocking synchronous code.
+
+
 2.1.0 (2018-03-05)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/daphne/__init__.py b/daphne/__init__.py
index 9aa3f90..58039f5 100755
--- a/daphne/__init__.py
+++ b/daphne/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.1.0"
+__version__ = "2.1.1"