diff --git a/src/sceptr/__init__.py b/src/sceptr/__init__.py
index 1453ac0..30fe5fd 100644
--- a/src/sceptr/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sceptr/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from pandas import DataFrame
 
 
-__version__ = "1.1.0-dev"
+__version__ = "1.1.0-beta.1"
 
 
 def calc_cdist_matrix(anchors: DataFrame, comparisons: DataFrame) -> ndarray: