diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7ec1d6d..3e3c2f1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.0
+2.1.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0914cc2..26ba273 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "pdm.backend"
 
 [project]
 name = "sse-starlette"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 description = "SSE plugin for Starlette"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "BSD-3-Clause"}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ asyncio_mode = "auto"
 #addopts = "--cov=my_package --cov-report=term-missing"
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "2.1.0"
+current_version = "2.1.1"
 commit = true
 tag = false
 message = "Bump version to {new_version}"
diff --git a/sse_starlette/__init__.py b/sse_starlette/__init__.py
index c6667bd..55be280 100644
--- a/sse_starlette/__init__.py
+++ b/sse_starlette/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from sse_starlette.sse import EventSourceResponse, ServerSentEvent
 
 __all__ = ["ServerSentEvent", "EventSourceResponse"]
-__version__ = "2.1.0"
+__version__ = "2.1.1"