diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# uptasticsearch 1.1.0
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+### Removed dependency on `{futile.logger}`
+
+- [#260](https://github.com/uptake/uptasticsearch/pull/260) CRAN warned us that `{futile.logger}` was set to be archived, so it was removed as a dependency of `{uptasticsearch}`. Verbose logs can be enabled by passing `verbose = TRUE` to `es_search()` and friends.
+
 # uptasticsearch 1.0.0
 
 ## Breaking Changes
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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@@ -146,3 +146,17 @@ Submitted with the following comments.
 ### CRAN Response
 
 * No issues. v1.0.0 released to CRAN!
+
+## v1.1.0 - Submission 1 - (January 7, 2026)
+
+Submitted with the following comments.
+
+> This release removes the dependency on {futile.logger}, in response to an email from the CRAN admins warning that it was likely to be archived.
+
+### `R CMD check` results
+
+* No issues
+
+### CRAN Response
+
+* No issues. v1.1.0 released to CRAN!
diff --git a/r-pkg/DESCRIPTION b/r-pkg/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: uptasticsearch
 Type: Package
 Title: Get Data Frame Representations of 'Elasticsearch' Results
-Version: 1.0.0.9999
+Version: 1.1.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("James", "Lamb", email = "jaylamb20@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Nick", "Paras", role = c("aut")),