diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 028210ac..2c09b7c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
-### Release 1.10.0 (April 8, 2019)
+## Release 1.11.0 (August 7, 2019)
+[Milestone#33](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/milestone/33)
+* Updated the version of the AWS Java SDK to 1.11.603
+* Improved exception handling and logging in `KinesisClientLibLeaseCoordinator` to avoid `NullPointerExceptions` when no leases are found.
+  * [Issue #476](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/issues/476)
+  * [PR #558](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/558)
+* Introducing new periodic shard sync strategy to perform shard discovery and lease cleanup on a single worker, rather than the default of all workers. This change allows horizontal scaling of KCL fleet without increasing calls to `DescribeStream` or `ListShard` APIs.
+  * [PR #576](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/576)
+  * [PR #579](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/579)
+  
+## Release 1.10.0 (April 8, 2019)
 [Milestone#31](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/milestone/31)
 * Updated License to [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
   * [PR#522](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/522)	
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22fbb8c7..371deb72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ To make it easier for developers to write record processors in other languages,
 
 ## Release Notes
 
-### Latest Release (1.10.0 - April 8, 2019)
-[Milestone#31](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/milestone/31)
-* Updated License to [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
-  * [PR#522](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/522)	
+### Latest Release (1.11.0 - August 7, 2019)
+[Milestone#33](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/milestone/33)
+* Updated the version of the AWS Java SDK to 1.11.603
+* Improved exception handling and logging in `KinesisClientLibLeaseCoordinator` to avoid `NullPointerExceptions` when no leases are found.
+  * [Issue #476](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/issues/476)
+  * [PR #558](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/558)
+* Introducing new periodic shard sync strategy to perform shard discovery and lease cleanup on a single worker, rather than the default of all workers. This change allows horizontal scaling of KCL fleet without increasing calls to `DescribeStream` or `ListShard` APIs.
+  * [PR #576](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/576)
+  * [PR #579](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/579)
 
 ### For remaining release notes check **[CHANGELOG.md][changelog-md]**.
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8990b54b..ff8d71f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java</name>
-  <version>1.10.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.11.0</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
index 4339c358..7d32400d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/KinesisClientLibConfiguration.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class KinesisClientLibConfiguration {
     /**
      * User agent set when Amazon Kinesis Client Library makes AWS requests.
      */
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java-1.10.1-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java-1.11.0";
 
     /**
      * KCL will validate client provided sequence numbers with a call to Amazon Kinesis before checkpointing for calls