diff --git a/API_VERSION b/API_VERSION
index 831446cbd2..ac14c3dfaa 100644
--- a/API_VERSION
+++ b/API_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.1.0
+5.1.1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8d5ac8179..26d525e3e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.11.6] - 2021-04-28
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fix bug where running `conjurctl server` or `conjurctl account create` with
   non-alpha-numeric passwords sent via stdin raised an error.
@@ -608,7 +610,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ### Added
 - The first tagged version.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/cyberark/conjur/compare/v1.11.5...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/cyberark/conjur/compare/v1.11.6...HEAD
+[1.11.6]: https://github.com/cyberark/conjur/compare/v1.11.5...v1.11.6
 [1.11.5]: https://github.com/cyberark/conjur/compare/v1.11.4...v1.11.5
 [1.11.4]: https://github.com/cyberark/conjur/compare/v1.11.3...v1.11.4
 [1.11.3]: https://github.com/cyberark/conjur/compare/v1.11.2...v1.11.3
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3b330f2db7..fa21b0aebb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -514,7 +514,9 @@ version.
 1. Change VERSION file to reflect the change. This file is used by some scripts.
 1. Change the API_VERSION file to reflect the correct
    [OpenAPI spec release](https://github.com/cyberark/conjur-openapi-spec/releases)
-   if there has been an update to the API.
+   if there has been an update to the API. **If the OpenAPI spec is out of date
+   with the current API,** it will need to be updated and released before you
+   can release this project.
 1. Commit these changes (including the changes to NOTICES.txt, if there are any).
    `Bump version to x.y.z` is an acceptable commit message.
 1. Push your changes to a branch, and get the PR reviewed and merged.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e6dbb7c238..6b37cb71cf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.11.5
+1.11.6