diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2ed2916..b2a593cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change log
 
+## 4.11.1 (2024-12-27)
+
+- fix: in TypeScript the `renderStage` option should be optional
+
 ## 4.11.0 (2024-12-27)
 
 - feat: add the `renderStage` option to define the stage for rendering output HTML in the processAssets Webpack hook
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index acbf2360..d52f7446 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "html-bundler-webpack-plugin",
-  "version": "4.11.0",
+  "version": "4.11.1",
   "description": "Generates complete single-page or multi-page website from source assets. Build-in support for Markdown, Eta, EJS, Handlebars, Nunjucks, Pug. Alternative to html-webpack-plugin.",
   "keywords": [
     "html",
diff --git a/types.d.ts b/types.d.ts
index 897beb49..07653fe2 100644
--- a/types.d.ts
+++ b/types.d.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ declare namespace HtmlBundlerPlugin {
     /**
      * The stage to render final HTML in the `processAssets` Webpack hook.
      */
-    renderStage: null | number;
+    renderStage?: null | number;
     /**
      * Whether comments should be extracted to a separate file.
      * If the file foo.js contains the license banner, then the comments will be stored to foo.js.LICENSE.txt.