diff --git a/ci/scripts/towncrier_automation.py b/ci/scripts/towncrier_automation.py
index 5cc24186d..e367ebbac 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/towncrier_automation.py
+++ b/ci/scripts/towncrier_automation.py
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> None:
         msg = f"Version {args.version} is a minor or major release, "
         "but you are trying to release not from main: {base_branch}."
         raise NoMinorMajorReleaseOffMainError(msg)
-    pr_description = (
-        "" if base_branch == "main" else "@meeseeksmachine backport to main"
-    )
+    pr_description = "" if base_branch == "main" else "@meeseeksdev backport to main"
     branch_name = f"release_notes_{args.version}"
 
     # Create a new branch + commit
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/0.11.1.md b/docs/release-notes/0.11.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8725ecf23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/0.11.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+(v0.11.1)=
+### 0.11.1 {small}`2024-11-12`
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Remove upper pin on `dask` and exclude versions broken with sparse indexing {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1725`)
+- Fix chunking with -1 in `chunks` argument of {func}`~anndata.experimental.read_elem_as_dask` {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1743`)
+- Fix `cupy<0.13` imports in non-gpu environments {user}`ilan-gold` ({pr}`1754`)
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1725.bugfix.md b/docs/release-notes/1725.bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c9a6dca3d..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/1725.bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-Remove upper pin on `dask` and exclude versions broken with sparse indexing {user}`ilan-gold`
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1743.bugfix.md b/docs/release-notes/1743.bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f8f489aff..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/1743.bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix chunking with -1 in `chunks` argument of {func}`~anndata.experimental.read_elem_as_dask` {user}`ilan-gold`
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/1754.bugfix.md b/docs/release-notes/1754.bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 492553ef1..000000000
--- a/docs/release-notes/1754.bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix `cupy<0.13` imports in non-gpu environments {user}`ilan-gold`