diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0c76bd06e2..1ef799f319 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
  * add ConfigHelper support for Thrift frame and max message sizes (CASSANDRA-5188)
  * fix nodetool repair not fail on node down (CASSANDRA-5203)
  * always collect tombstone hints (CASSANDRA-5068)
+ * Fix thread growth on node removal (CASSANDRA-5175)
+ * Fix error when sourcing file in cqlsh (CASSANDRA-5235)
+ * Make Ec2Region's datacenter name configurable (CASSANDRA-5155)
 
 
 1.1.9
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 04da469b93..b8954d4ef4 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ upgrade, just in case you need to roll back to the previous version.
 (Cassandra version X + 1 will always be able to read data files created
 by version X, but the inverse is not necessarily the case.)
 
+1.1.10
+======
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+    - Nothing specific to this release, but please see the previous instructions
+      if you are not upgrading from 1.1.9.
+
 1.1.9
 =====
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 1ca323d6d5..6fa5172bef 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="1.1.9"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="1.1.10"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 445e3bf127..46d1781e20 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (1.1.10) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Sylvain Lebresne <slebresne@apache.org>  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:36:19 +0100
+
 cassandra (1.1.9) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New release