diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 37fcefaab..5fdd88304 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.0.0"
+  ".": "1.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9896f53c8..693981ef5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 PRs do **not** edit this file directly. release-please maintains it from the
 Conventional Commit history on `main` (#684).
 
+## [1.1.0](https://github.com/RAESystem/rae/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0) (2026-07-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add participant-directed inject delivery ([48cb44e](https://github.com/RAESystem/rae/commit/48cb44e4f10f359e3585c45cbb64318469477460))
+* support participant action-space modes ([b7a523a](https://github.com/RAESystem/rae/commit/b7a523a810809e3e5ad38b923aebc716d86a32bd))
+
 ## [1.0.0](https://github.com/RAESystem/rae/compare/v0.25.0...v1.0.0) (2026-07-25)
 
 
diff --git a/implementations/python/packages/raes/_version.py b/implementations/python/packages/raes/_version.py
index b09680033..d1a6c5c1f 100644
--- a/implementations/python/packages/raes/_version.py
+++ b/implementations/python/packages/raes/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Release Please-owned build version for the RAES distribution."""
 
-__version__ = "1.0.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.1.0"  # x-release-please-version