diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 877ea5a1835..4ca0988a0a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 1.11.1 (2023-11-07)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Fixed a bug that numpy should not be imported at the top level of mock module.
+
 ## 1.11.0 (2023-11-05)
 
 ### New Features
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 60e5eddc697..cea4a8ab126 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "snowflake-snowpark-python" %}
-{% set version = "1.11.0" %}
+{% set version = "1.11.1" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_util.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_util.py
index d40525f2ac2..c64ec334e14 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_util.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/mock/_util.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 from functools import cmp_to_key, partial
 from typing import Any, Tuple
 
-import numpy
-
 from snowflake.connector.options import pandas as pd
 from snowflake.snowpark.mock._snowflake_data_type import ColumnEmulator
 from snowflake.snowpark.types import (
@@ -190,6 +188,8 @@ def process_string_time_with_fractional_seconds(time: str, fractional_seconds) -
 
 
 def fix_drift_between_column_sf_type_and_dtype(col: ColumnEmulator):
+    import numpy
+
     if (
         isinstance(col.sf_type.datatype, _NumericType)
         and col.apply(lambda x: x is None).any()
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/version.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/version.py
index c86e4642703..469ffb2d014 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/version.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/version.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 #
 
 # Update this for the versions
-VERSION = (1, 11, 0)
+VERSION = (1, 11, 1)
diff --git a/tests/integ/test_udf.py b/tests/integ/test_udf.py
index 3925741c3d2..fc9fd14afd6 100644
--- a/tests/integ/test_udf.py
+++ b/tests/integ/test_udf.py
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@
     )
 
     is_pandas_available = True
+    numpy_funcs = [numpy.min, numpy.sqrt, numpy.tan, numpy.sum, numpy.median]
 except ImportError:
     is_pandas_available = False
+    numpy_funcs = []
 
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
@@ -2157,9 +2159,7 @@ def echo(num: int) -> int:
     (not is_pandas_available) or IS_IN_STORED_PROC,
     reason="numpy and pandas are required",
 )
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "func", [numpy.min, numpy.sqrt, numpy.tan, numpy.sum, numpy.median]
-)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("func", numpy_funcs)
 def test_numpy_udf(session, func):
     numpy_udf = udf(
         func, return_type=DoubleType(), input_types=[DoubleType()], packages=["numpy"]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 00dae2ed4d2..6ecb5f5460b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ deps =
     pip >= 19.3.1
     pytest-xdist
     pytest-timeout
-    pyarrow
     .[development]
 commands = {env:SNOWFLAKE_PYTEST_CMD} -vvv -m "integ or unit" {posargs:}  tests