diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 354e4b4b..cfa5c8b1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 Here you can find the release notes for this project. Please note that list of releases is available also in the [releases](https://github.com/Yelp/swagger-gradle-codegen/releases) page on Github.
 
+## v1.1.1 (2019-07-09)
+
+* 🐛 Specify Java source and target compatibility version to Java8 [#39]
+
+Thanks to @cortinico for the support with this release.
+
 ## v1.1.0 (2019-06-05)
 
 * 🎁 Update SharedCodegen to fallback to title usage if x-model is not present [#21]
@@ -29,3 +35,4 @@ Thanks to @cortinico, @MatthewTPage, @GuilhE, @macisamuele and @redwarp for the
 [#26]: https://github.com/Yelp/swagger-gradle-codegen/pull/26/
 [#30]: https://github.com/Yelp/swagger-gradle-codegen/pull/30/
 [#32]: https://github.com/Yelp/swagger-gradle-codegen/pull/32/
+[#39]: https://github.com/Yelp/swagger-gradle-codegen/pull/39/
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/yelp/codegen/gradle/PublishingVersions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/yelp/codegen/gradle/PublishingVersions.kt
index f981de2e..bc522e20 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/yelp/codegen/gradle/PublishingVersions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/yelp/codegen/gradle/PublishingVersions.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @file:Suppress("Unused")
 
 object PublishingVersions {
-    const val PLUGIN_VERSION = "1.1.0"
+    const val PLUGIN_VERSION = "1.1.1"
     const val PLUGIN_GROUP = "com.yelp.codegen"
     const val PLUGIN_ARTIFACT = "plugin"
 }
diff --git a/samples/generated-code/build.gradle b/samples/generated-code/build.gradle
index 869a6491..775b36ef 100644
--- a/samples/generated-code/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/generated-code/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.3.31"
-        classpath "com.yelp.codegen:plugin:1.1.0"
+        classpath "com.yelp.codegen:plugin:1.1.1"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/groovy-android/build.gradle b/samples/groovy-android/build.gradle
index 81ff412c..b28c97d6 100644
--- a/samples/groovy-android/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/groovy-android/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.3.31"
-        classpath "com.yelp.codegen:plugin:1.1.0"
+        classpath "com.yelp.codegen:plugin:1.1.1"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/junit-tests/build.gradle b/samples/junit-tests/build.gradle
index 115e6972..50cd010b 100644
--- a/samples/junit-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/junit-tests/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.3.31"
-        classpath "com.yelp.codegen:plugin:1.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+        classpath "com.yelp.codegen:plugin:1.1.1"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/kotlin-android/build.gradle.kts b/samples/kotlin-android/build.gradle.kts
index 740e1202..0a83fd43 100644
--- a/samples/kotlin-android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/kotlin-android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     id("com.android.library") version "3.4.1"
     kotlin("android") version "1.3.31"
-    id("com.yelp.codegen.plugin") version "1.1.0"
+    id("com.yelp.codegen.plugin") version "1.1.1"
 }
 
 android {