diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 0ad74cf9a0e..db5562a02e9 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+21.1.1 (2021-04-30)
+===================
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Temporarily set the new "Value for ... does not match" location warnings level
+  to *DEBUG*, to hide them from casual users. This prepares pip 21.1 for CPython
+  inclusion, while pip maintainers digest the first intake of location mismatch
+  issues for the ``distutils``-``sysconfig`` trasition. (`#9912 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9912>`_)
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- This change fixes a bug on Python <=3.6.1 with a Typing feature added in 3.6.2 (`#9831 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9831>`_)
+- Fix compatibility between distutils and sysconfig when the project name is unknown outside of a virtual environment. (`#9838 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9838>`_)
+- Fix Python 3.6 compatibility when a PEP 517 build requirement itself needs to be
+  built in an isolated environment. (`#9878 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9878>`_)
+
+
 21.1 (2021-04-24)
 =================
 
diff --git a/news/9831.bugfix.rst b/news/9831.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index cfdff53a140..00000000000
--- a/news/9831.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This change fixes a bug on Python <=3.6.1 with a Typing feature added in 3.6.2
diff --git a/news/9838.bugfix.rst b/news/9838.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e2342e364b..00000000000
--- a/news/9838.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix compatibility between distutils and sysconfig when the project name is unknown outside of a virtual environment.
diff --git a/news/9878.bugfix.rst b/news/9878.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fb1306f3ec..00000000000
--- a/news/9878.bugfix.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix Python 3.6 compatibility when a PEP 517 build requirement itself needs to be
-built in an isolated environment.
diff --git a/news/9912.removal.rst b/news/9912.removal.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ec0832ed74..00000000000
--- a/news/9912.removal.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Temporarily set the new "Value for ... does not match" location warnings level
-to *DEBUG*, to hide them from casual users. This prepares pip 21.1 for CPython
-inclusion, while pip maintainers digest the first intake of location mismatch
-issues for the ``distutils``-``sysconfig`` trasition.
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index c35872ca9db..613b61ed1b1 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-__version__ = "21.2.dev0"
+__version__ = "21.1.1"
 
 
 def main(args=None):