diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ed05ceb0873..f6f0f1147e1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ libmongoc 2.2.0 (unreleased)
 
 - Support for macOS 11 (EOL since September 2023) and macOS 12 (EOL since September 2024).
 
+libmongoc 2.1.1
+===============
+
+## Fixes
+
+* Do not propagate `-fPIC` in CMake targets.
+* Apply write command behavior to `mongoc_collection_create_indexes_with_opts`.
+* Omit `saslSupportedMechs` in single-threaded monitoring commands.
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to the development of this release.
+
+  * Julia Garland
+  * Roberto C. Sánchez
+
+
+
 libmongoc 2.1.0
 ===============
 
diff --git a/src/libbson/NEWS b/src/libbson/NEWS
index 39998d68890..1ebda0cf0b8 100644
--- a/src/libbson/NEWS
+++ b/src/libbson/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ libbson 2.2.0 (Unreleased)
 
 - Support for macOS 11 (EOL since September 2023) and macOS 12 (EOL since September 2024).
 
+
+libbson 2.1.1
+=============
+
+No changes since 2.1.0. Version incremented to match the libmongoc version.
+
 libbson 2.1.0
 =============