diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index edbb95b..38c1800 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.1.0
+current_version = 1.1.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 13ab23c..c422597 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ Changelog
 =========
 
 - Next version - unreleased
+- 1.1.1 - 2017-03-21
 
   - Don't fail on dates before 1900 on Python < 3.
 
diff --git a/README_development.rst b/README_development.rst
index 84966e0..11bba85 100644
--- a/README_development.rst
+++ b/README_development.rst
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ Build a new release
 
 9. Send new version and tags to github origin. ::
 
-     $ git push origin master --tags
+     $ git push origin master --follow-tags
diff --git a/jaydebeapi/__init__.py b/jaydebeapi/__init__.py
index 4e1c597..875c9d7 100644
--- a/jaydebeapi/__init__.py
+++ b/jaydebeapi/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # License along with JayDeBeApi.  If not, see
 # <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-__version_info__ = (1, 1, 0)
+__version_info__ = (1, 1, 1)
 __version__ = ".".join(str(i) for i in __version_info__)
 
 import datetime
@@ -626,6 +626,8 @@ def to_py(rs, col):
 
 _to_boolean = _java_to_py('booleanValue')
 
+_to_long = _java_to_py('longValue')
+
 def _init_types(types_map):
     global _jdbc_name_to_const
     _jdbc_name_to_const = types_map
@@ -663,5 +665,6 @@ def _init_converters(types_map):
     'INTEGER': _to_int,
     'SMALLINT': _to_int,
     'BOOLEAN': _to_boolean,
-    'BIT': _to_boolean
+    'BIT': _to_boolean,
+    'BIGINT': _to_long
 }
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2f32874..1425345 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 setup(
     #basic package data
     name = 'JayDeBeApi',
-    version = '1.1.0',
+    version = '1.1.1',
     author = 'Bastian Bowe',
     author_email = 'bastian.dev@gmail.com',
     license = 'GNU LGPL',