diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 1f0fae0..2a593e6 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ appstream-util appdata-to-news ../contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.efi.metainfo.xml
 # MAKE SURE THIS IS CORRECT
 export release_ver="1.1"
 
-git commit -a -m "Release fwupd-efi ${release_ver}"
+git commit -a -m "Release fwupd-efi ${release_ver}" --no-verify
 git tag -s -f -m "Release fwupd-efi ${release_ver}" "${release_ver}"
 <wait>
 git push --tags
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ scp meson-dist/fwupd-efi-${release_ver}.tar.* hughsient@people.freedesktop.org:~
 
 6. Commit changes:
 
-git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump"
+git commit -a -m "trivial: post release version bump" --no-verify
 git push
diff --git a/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.efi.metainfo.xml b/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.efi.metainfo.xml
index 83b04a0..bd1df46 100644
--- a/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.efi.metainfo.xml
+++ b/contrib/org.freedesktop.fwupd.efi.metainfo.xml
@@ -28,5 +28,15 @@
         <p>This is the first release split from the fwupd parent project.</p>
       </description>
     </release>
+    <release version="1.1" date="2021-06-19">
+      <description>
+        <p>This release fixes the following bugs:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Abort if the host architecture isn't known</li>
+          <li>Account for objdump missing --target option on FreeBSD</li>
+          <li>Pass the found genpeimg to generate_binary</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
   </releases>
 </component>