diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index eb290b8..35e8f46 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Package: r2rtf
 Title: Easily Create Production-Ready Rich Text Format (RTF) Table and Figure
-Version: 1.1.0
+Version: 1.1.1
 Authors@R: c(
-    person("Yilong", "Zhang", email = "elong0527@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
+    person("Yilong", "Zhang", role = "aut"),
     person("Siruo", "Wang", role = "aut"),
     person("Simiao", "Ye", role = "aut"),
     person("Fansen", "Kong", role = "aut"),
     person("Brian", "Lang", role = "aut"),
+    person("Benjamin", "Wang", email = "benjamin.wang@merck.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Nan", "Xiao", role = "ctb"),
     person("Madhusudhan", "Ginnaram", role = "ctb"),
     person("Ruchitbhai", "Patel", role = "ctb"),
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ Authors@R: c(
     person("Daniel", "Woodie", role = "ctb"),
     person("Sarad", "Nepal", role = "ctb"),
     person("Jane", "Liao", role = "ctb"),
-    person("Benjamin", "Wang", role = "ctb"),
     person("Jeff", "Cheng", role = "ctb"),
     person("Yirong", "Cao", role = "ctb"),
     person("Amin", "Shirazi", role = "ctb"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ecf179b..9aedca2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+# r2rtf 1.1.1
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+* Fix bug when converting UTF-8 code >= 128 (#194).
+
+## Improvements
+
+* Add LibreOffice 7.6 support and improve error messages style (#198).
+* Update `.docx` and `.html` artifacts in `vignettes/` (#206).
+
 # r2rtf 1.1.0
 
 ## New features