diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 9db331eb9..9a0c41a56 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.0.0
+current_version = 1.1.0b1
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
 	\.(?P<minor>\d+)
 	\.(?P<patch>\d+)
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ first_value = 1
 [bumpversion:file:setup.py]
 
 [bumpversion:file:dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py]
+
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9642b3a2a..1a149622a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
-## dbt-spark 1.1.0 (Release TBD)
+## dbt-spark 1.1.0b1 (March 23, 2022)
 
 ### Features
-- Adds new integration test to check against new ability to allow unique_key to be a list. ([#282](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/282))
+- Adds new integration test to check against new ability to allow unique_key to be a list. ([#282](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/282)), [#291](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/291))
+
+### Fixes
+- Closes the connection properly ([#280](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/issues/280), [#285](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/285))
 
 ### Under the hood
+- get_response -> AdapterResponse ([#265](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/265))
+- Adding stale Actions workflow ([#275](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/275))
 - Update plugin author name (`fishtown-analytics` &rarr; `dbt-labs`) in ODBC user agent ([#288](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/288))
+- Configure insert_overwrite models to use parquet ([#301](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/301))
 
 ### Contributors
 - [@amychen1776](https://github.com/amychen1776) ([#288](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/288))
+- [@ueshin](https://github.com/ueshin) ([#285](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-spark/pull/285))
 
 ## dbt-spark 1.0.1rc0 (Release TBD)
 
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
index 11a716ec1..56ec17a89 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/spark/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.1.0b1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fdf8691a6..6ee6f5f54 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _get_dbt_core_version():
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-spark"
-package_version = "1.0.0"
+package_version = "1.1.0b1"
 dbt_core_version = _get_dbt_core_version()
 description = """The Apache Spark adapter plugin for dbt"""