diff --git a/docs/_templates/base.html b/docs/_templates/base.html
index 4daccd13..3086bc68 100644
--- a/docs/_templates/base.html
+++ b/docs/_templates/base.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "!base.html" %} {% block announce %}
 <p>
   <a href="https://github.com/ylab-hi/pxblat#-citation">Please Cite Me</a>
-  v1.0.2
+  v1.1.0
 </p>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 943795ea..9b1e1b6e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pxblat"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.1.0"
 description = "A native python binding for blat suite"
 authors = ["Yangyang Li <yangyang.li@northwestern.edu>"]
 homepage = "https://github.com/ylab-hi/pxblat"
diff --git a/src/pxblat/__init__.py b/src/pxblat/__init__.py
index f1693eb5..e55c8c72 100644
--- a/src/pxblat/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pxblat/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from .toolkit import two_bit_to_fa
 from rich.traceback import install
 
-__version__ = "1.0.3"
+__version__ = "1.1.0"
 
 install(show_locals=True)