diff --git a/electrumpersonalserver/server/electrumprotocol.py b/electrumpersonalserver/server/electrumprotocol.py
index 702053b..5e14a93 100644
--- a/electrumpersonalserver/server/electrumprotocol.py
+++ b/electrumpersonalserver/server/electrumprotocol.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #protocol documentation
 #https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/docs/protocol-methods.rst
 
-SERVER_VERSION_NUMBER = "0.2.1"
+SERVER_VERSION_NUMBER = "0.2.1.1"
 
 SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION_MAX = 1.4
 SERVER_PROTOCOL_VERSION_MIN = 1.1
diff --git a/release-notes b/release-notes
index f8a10e6..bb580f1 100644
--- a/release-notes
+++ b/release-notes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Release v0.2.1.1 (9th June 2020)
+
+Bugfix release. Thanks to everyone who reported the bug and jmacxx who wrote
+the pull request to fix it. And thanks to everyone who contributed in general
+to electrum personal server.
+
+* Fixed bug where the server would crash in certain conditions. Instead the
+  server should have caught the error and continued.
+
 # Release v0.2.1 (4th June 2020)
 
 New release, thanks to contributions by DriftwoodPalace, m-schmoock and wiredcheetah