diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 466df71..a915e8c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.0"
+  ".": "0.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a2ca70..a1a7e2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.1.1](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/compare/cachekit-core-v0.1.0...cachekit-core-v0.1.1) (2025-12-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* downgrade to edition 2021 and MSRV 1.80 for stable Rust compatibility ([#16](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/issues/16)) ([da5ced5](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/commit/da5ced5712cc88fe4f6ab966fbc39b79fcdfa089))
+
 ## [0.1.0](https://github.com/cachekit-io/cachekit-core/compare/cachekit-core-v0.0.1...cachekit-core-v0.1.0) (2025-12-05)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1b40de8..353aae8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cachekit-core"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["cachekit Contributors"]
 description = "LZ4 compression, xxHash3 integrity, AES-256-GCM encryption for byte payloads"