diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2440bba..af80153 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 2.1.1
+
+- [HOUSEKEEPING] update Bank public key initialization for OpenSSL 3
+
 ### 2.1.0
 
 - [HOUSEKEEPING] updates Nokogiri dependencies
diff --git a/lib/epics/version.rb b/lib/epics/version.rb
index 0fa6725..577b1d3 100644
--- a/lib/epics/version.rb
+++ b/lib/epics/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Epics
-  VERSION = '2.1.0'
+  VERSION = '2.1.1'
 end