diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 2f1fa0b..a79e37a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ This file details information that will be useful for the project maintainers.
 
 ## Release Process
 
-Put the desired version number into the `VERSION` constant in `src/PHPCouchDB/Server.php`.  Then tag the master branch of the repo with the matching tag e.g. "v0.1.2" and push to GitHub.
+Put the desired version number into `composer.json` and into the `VERSION` constant in `src/PHPCouchDB/Server.php`.  Then tag the master branch of the repo with the matching tag e.g. "v0.1.2" and push to GitHub.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e7e3198..5bcdebf 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "Library for easily talking to CouchDB from PHP",
     "type": "library",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
+    "version": "0.1.1",
     "authors": [
         {
             "name": "Lorna Jane Mitchell",
diff --git a/src/PHPCouchDB/Server.php b/src/PHPCouchDB/Server.php
index 30aaad9..0a554f9 100644
--- a/src/PHPCouchDB/Server.php
+++ b/src/PHPCouchDB/Server.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace PHPCouchDB;
 
-const VERSION = "0.1.0";
+const VERSION = "0.1.1";
 
 /**
  * Server class deals with operations on the server level, rather than specific