diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 26154489a5..cb0a311337 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*.redb
 /.idea/
 /.vagrant
 /docs/build
@@ -5,7 +6,6 @@
 /fuzz/corpus
 /fuzz/coverage
 /fuzz/target
-/index.redb
 /ord.log
 /target
 /test-times.txt
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d4c692aeb..c8aec17aae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+[0.11.1](https://github.com/ordinals/ord/releases/tag/0.11.1) - 2023-11-09
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+### Fixed
+- Use new RPC client in Reorg::get_block_with_retries (#2650)
+
+### Misc
+- Refactor varint encoding (#2645)
+
 [0.11.0](https://github.com/ordinals/ord/releases/tag/0.11.0) - 2023-11-07
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index df103c0fca..1c178013e5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -574,9 +574,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bstr"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c79ad7fb2dd38f3dabd76b09c6a5a20c038fc0213ef1e9afd30eb777f120f019"
+checksum = "542f33a8835a0884b006a0c3df3dadd99c0c3f296ed26c2fdc8028e01ad6230c"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "serde",
@@ -1747,9 +1747,9 @@ checksum = "ef53942eb7bf7ff43a617b3e2c1c4a5ecf5944a7c1bc12d7ee39bbb15e5c1519"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.4.10"
+version = "0.4.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da2479e8c062e40bf0066ffa0bc823de0a9368974af99c9f6df941d2c231e03f"
+checksum = "969488b55f8ac402214f3f5fd243ebb7206cf82de60d3172994707a4bcc2b829"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ord-litecoin"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2607,7 +2607,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "errno",
  "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys 0.4.10",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.4.11",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -2655,9 +2655,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pemfile"
-version = "1.0.3"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d3987094b1d07b653b7dfdc3f70ce9a1da9c51ac18c1b06b662e4f9a0e9f4b2"
+checksum = "1c74cae0a4cf6ccbbf5f359f08efdf8ee7e1dc532573bf0db71968cb56b1448c"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.5",
 ]
@@ -2878,9 +2878,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.11.1"
+version = "1.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "942b4a808e05215192e39f4ab80813e599068285906cc91aa64f923db842bd5a"
+checksum = "4dccd0940a2dcdf68d092b8cbab7dc0ad8fa938bf95787e1b916b0e3d0e8e970"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
@@ -3127,9 +3127,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.33.0"
+version = "1.34.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4f38200e3ef7995e5ef13baec2f432a6da0aa9ac495b2c0e8f3b7eec2c92d653"
+checksum = "d0c014766411e834f7af5b8f4cf46257aab4036ca95e9d2c144a10f59ad6f5b9"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
@@ -3144,9 +3144,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "630bdcf245f78637c13ec01ffae6187cca34625e8c63150d424b59e55af2675e"
+checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 93ee1c95a2..ba369e1964 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "ord-litecoin"
 description = "◉ Ordinal wallet and block explorer for litecoin"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 license = "CC0-1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 autotests = false
diff --git a/src/index/fetcher.rs b/src/index/fetcher.rs
index 774405b9f5..9bb38d9e80 100644
--- a/src/index/fetcher.rs
+++ b/src/index/fetcher.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 use {
-  crate::Options,
-  anyhow::{anyhow, Result},
+  super::*,
   base64::Engine,
-  bitcoin::{Transaction, Txid},
   hyper::{client::HttpConnector, Body, Client, Method, Request, Uri},
-  serde::Deserialize,
   serde_json::{json, Value},
 };
 
diff --git a/src/index/reorg.rs b/src/index/reorg.rs
index fc6164282c..3102cdc7d7 100644
--- a/src/index/reorg.rs
+++ b/src/index/reorg.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ impl Reorg {
 
     if (height < SAVEPOINT_INTERVAL || height % SAVEPOINT_INTERVAL == 0)
       && index
-        .client
+        .options
+        .bitcoin_rpc_client()?
         .get_blockchain_info()?
         .headers
         .saturating_sub(height)
diff --git a/src/runes/varint.rs b/src/runes/varint.rs
index debef86e44..2f088cd222 100644
--- a/src/runes/varint.rs
+++ b/src/runes/varint.rs
@@ -11,21 +11,12 @@ pub fn encode_to_vec(mut n: u128, v: &mut Vec<u8>) {
   let mut out = [0; 19];
   let mut i = 18;
 
-  loop {
-    let mut byte = n.to_le_bytes()[0] & 0b0111_1111;
-
-    if i < 18 {
-      byte |= 0b1000_0000;
-    }
-
-    out[i] = byte;
-
-    if n < 0b1000_0000 {
-      break;
-    }
+  out[i] = n.to_le_bytes()[0] & 0b0111_1111;
 
+  while n > 0b0111_1111 {
     n = n / 128 - 1;
     i -= 1;
+    out[i] = n.to_le_bytes()[0] | 0b1000_0000;
   }
 
   v.extend_from_slice(&out[i..]);