diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b0b59c9..4686701b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 Based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), following [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.1.2] - 2023.09.13
+
+- changed:
+  - dependency updates
+
 ## [1.1.1] - 2023.03.08
 
 - fixed:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2822483..667eeedb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,13 +95,20 @@ Contributions are very welcome.
   [the coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/giantswarm/pytest-helm-charts/)
   at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.
 
+### Creating a new release
+
+- merge your changes to `master` branch
+- edit `pyproject.toml` and update the project version; edit `CHANGELOG.md`; commit
+- create a new tag with the same version in git, i.e. `git tag v1.1.1`
+- push your changes to GitHub to trigger a release `git push; git push origin v1.1.1`
+
 ## License
 
 See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
 
 ## Changelog
 
-See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).
+See [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Issues
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 21c9058c..424b5997 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pytest-helm-charts"
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 description = "A plugin to provide different types and configs of Kubernetes clusters that can be used for testing."
 authors = ["Łukasz Piątkowski <lukasz@giantswarm.io>"]
 license="Apache-2.0"