diff --git a/autogen/agentchat/contrib/__init__.py b/autogen/agentchat/contrib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/autogen/version.py b/autogen/version.py
index 5bc028da7873..485f44ac21b2 100644
--- a/autogen/version.py
+++ b/autogen/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.1rc1"
+__version__ = "0.1.1"