diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/11.1.0.rst b/docs/releasenotes/11.1.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5d0afd58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/11.1.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+11.1.0
+------
+
+Security
+========
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+:cve:`YYYY-XXXXX`: TODO
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+Backwards Incompatible Changes
+==============================
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+Deprecations
+============
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+API Changes
+===========
+
+TODO
+^^^^
+
+TODO
+
+API Additions
+=============
+
+Check for zlib-ng
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+You can check if Pillow has been built against the zlib-ng version of the
+zlib library, and what version of zlib-ng is being used::
+
+    from PIL import features
+    features.check_feature("zlib_ng")  # True or False
+    features.version_feature("zlib_ng")  # "2.2.2" for example, or None
+
+Other Changes
+=============
+
+zlib-ng in wheels
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Wheels are now built against zlib-ng for improved speed. In tests, saving a PNG
+was found to be more than twice as fast at higher compression levels.
diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/index.rst b/docs/releasenotes/index.rst
index 641cda4ef..bd8e5536f 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/index.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/index.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ expected to be backported to earlier versions.
 .. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
 
+  11.1.0
   11.0.0
   10.4.0
   10.3.0
diff --git a/winbuild/build_prepare.py b/winbuild/build_prepare.py
index 2d804d557..81f047a3f 100644
--- a/winbuild/build_prepare.py
+++ b/winbuild/build_prepare.py
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ DEPS: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {
         "bins": ["cjpeg.exe", "djpeg.exe"],
     },
     "zlib": {
-        "url": f"https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/archive/refs/tags/{V['ZLIBNG']}.zip",
-        "filename": f"zlib-ng-{V['ZLIBNG']}.zip",
+        "url": f"https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/archive/refs/tags/{V['ZLIBNG']}.tar.gz",
+        "filename": f"zlib-ng-{V['ZLIBNG']}.tar.gz",
         "license": "LICENSE.md",
         "patch": {
             r"CMakeLists.txt": {