diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6eb2f6..65f0a4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The recommended way to use this library is to consume it from maven central whil
   <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.msk</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-msk-iam-auth</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.0</version>
+      <version>2.1.1</version>
   </dependency>
   ```
 If you want to use it with a pre-existing Kafka client, you could build the uber jar and place it in the Kafka client's
@@ -519,6 +519,9 @@ public static String UriEncode(CharSequence input, boolean encodeSlash) {
    
 ## Release Notes
 
+### Release 2.1.1
+- Bug fixes for aws sdk-2
+
 ### Release 2.1.0
 - Upgrade Jackson Databind version
 - Update AWS SDK usages to sdk-2
diff --git a/src/main/resources/version.properties b/src/main/resources/version.properties
index 1fb1c57..adef8a4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/version.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #Updated on 2024-04-04T18:00:00Z
 platform=java
-version=2.1.0
+version=2.1.1