diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 5a18ad2a..eee7e42d 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 ^cran-comments\.md$
 ^vignettes/articles$
 ^revdep$
+^CRAN-RELEASE$
diff --git a/CRAN-RELEASE b/CRAN-RELEASE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2df37c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRAN-RELEASE
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This package was submitted to CRAN on 2020-09-11.
+Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit 4b37f18).
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9f01e337..5568ac34 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: r2dii.analysis
 Title: Tools to Calculate Climate Targets for Financial
     Portfolios
-Version: 0.1.0.9000
+Version: 0.1.1
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Jackson",
              family = "Hoffart",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7f6f1b02..42a1b178 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# r2dii.analysis (development version)
+# r2dii.analysis 0.1.1
 
 * Change license to MIT.